.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list last year, uploaded a set of comments on the social media sites system X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Art, sharing his desire as an art fanatic to prevent the outflow of do work in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical business DIC Corporation was reviewing the future of Kawamura amid pressure coming from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned by DIC Corp. It consists of seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other significant musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) from the gallery's collection. In reaction to a fan who posted on X that he wish to observe the job someday, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display screen has been going through cleansing as well as partial remediation benefit about three years, however it was actually safely and securely come back to me yesterday. This work is a vital cultural home marked by the country, so I would like to create it achievable for every person to observe it in some way, as well as I will let you know as soon as the information are actually determined." He carried on, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually momentarily shut. If there is actually anything I may do, I wish to cooperate as a craft enthusiast.".
The DIC Gallery is slated to become momentarily enclosed January 2025.
On top of that, following this message, he not just expressed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was likewise in the museum's collection, had actually been offered and also delivered overseas, naming it "incredibly regrettable." He also struck, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, if the collection is to be marketed, I wish that they will certainly to begin with move toward Oriental customers in order that the various masterpieces carry out certainly not leave behind Japan. I am going to be waiting.".
In his most up-to-date post, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of duty as a collector, saying, "Japanese individuals need to have to defend Japan's traditional things, whether it is actually the property, attributes, craft, or even typical lifestyle, as high as possible. If our experts market all of them off item by item for short-term profit, Japan will definitely no more be actually Japan. I require to earn enough to be able to get and also hand down things that ought to be actually passed down to potential eras.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually currently looking for 5 personal associates via X to handle cleansing of his manor and also rental property, as well as other personal support responsibilities. The duties consist of "laundry, cleaning, food preparation, serving food at parties, red or white wine management, appearance, documentation monitoring, as well as guest reservations," in addition to "looking after pet dogs and kitties," but there is no reference of obligations related to his fine art compilation.