.Yusaku Maezawa, who appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list in 2015, submitted a collection of comments on the social networking sites system X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, revealing his desire as a craft enthusiast to prevent the stream of works in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical business DIC Enterprise was reassessing the future of Kawamura among pressure from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's collection boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned by DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, to name a few notable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the gallery's collection. In action to a fan who published on X that he wish to find the work sooner or later, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display has actually been undergoing cleaning as well as predisposed reconstruction benefit concerning 3 years, yet it was properly gone back to me a few days ago. This work is an important cultural building marked by the nation, so I would love to make it feasible for everybody to view it somehow, as well as I will definitely allow you called quickly as the information are decided." He continued, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is actually anything I can possibly do, I want to comply as a craft fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be temporarily enclosed January 2025.
Furthermore, observing this blog post, he not merely revealed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was also in the museum's selection, had been actually offered as well as sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly regrettable." He also appealed, "Concerning the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Art, if the compilation is actually to be sold, I wish that they are going to initially move toward Oriental purchasers so that the various masterworks do not leave behind Japan. I am going to be actually standing by.".
In his most current blog post, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of responsibility as an enthusiast, pointing out, "Oriental folks need to have to protect Asia's typical points, whether it is actually the land, attribute, craft, or even typical society, as high as achievable. If we market all of them off piece through piece for temporary earnings, Asia will certainly no longer be Asia. I need to make sufficient to be able to acquire and pass on things that ought to be actually passed down to future generations.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually presently seeking 5 individual associates via X to deal with cleaning of his mansion and also vacation home, along with various other private support duties. The roles consist of "laundry, cleansing, cooking, serving food at celebrations, white wine management, attendance, document monitoring, as well as guest bookings," in addition to "taking care of pets as well as kitties," however there is actually no mention of obligations related to his fine art collection.