.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors listing in 2013, uploaded a collection of talk about the social media sites system X on Monday, regarding the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, sharing his desire as a fine art lover to stop the discharge of function in the museum's selection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical company DIC Corporation was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura in the middle of stress from activist investors. The Kawamura's compilation boasts 754 artworks, 384 of which are actually possessed through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also functions through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, among other significant performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the museum's compilation. In reaction to an enthusiast that posted on X that he would like to find the work someday, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons monitor has actually been actually undergoing cleansing and partial remediation help regarding three years, but it was safely gone back to me a few days ago. This work is a necessary cultural residential property assigned by the nation, so I wish to create it achievable for everyone to find it somehow, and also I will certainly permit you know as quickly as the information are made a decision." He carried on, "Nevertheless, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Craft is momentarily finalized. If there is everything I can do, I would like to cooperate as a craft lover.".
The DIC Gallery is slated to be temporarily approached January 2025.
Moreover, observing this post, he certainly not just revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually additionally in the museum's selection, had been actually marketed as well as delivered overseas, naming it "extremely unfavorable." He likewise appealed, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the assortment is to be offered, I hope that they will to begin with move toward Eastern customers to ensure that the many work of arts do certainly not leave behind Japan. I will definitely be hanging around.".
In his latest article, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of duty as a collection agency, saying, "Japanese people require to defend Asia's standard factors, whether it's the property, attribute, art, or traditional society, as high as achievable. If we sell all of them off piece by piece for temporary revenue, Japan will definitely no longer be actually Asia. I need to gain sufficient to be capable to purchase and hand down the things that ought to be passed down to future eras.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is presently looking for five personal assistants through X to handle cleaning of his residence as well as manor, in addition to various other individual assistance duties. The tasks include "laundry, cleansing, food preparation, offering food at gatherings, white wine monitoring, appearance, paper management, as well as attendee reservations," as well as "caring for canines and pet cats," but there is no acknowledgment of tasks connected to his art selection.