.Yusaku Maezawa, who appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist last year, uploaded a set of discuss the social media sites network X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, sharing his wish as a craft fanatic to avoid the outflow of function in the museum's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical business DIC Company was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura surrounded by tension coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's assortment flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are possessed through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, to name a few notable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the museum's assortment. In action to a supporter who posted on X that he would like to see the work someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has actually been undertaking cleansing as well as partial renovation work with about three years, yet it was securely gone back to me the other day. This job is actually an important cultural building designated by the country, so I wish to make it possible for everyone to find it in some way, and I will certainly allow you called soon as the information are determined." He continued, "Nevertheless, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is actually everything I can possibly do, I want to work together as an art fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become temporarily enclosed January 2025.
Additionally, following this post, he not merely expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was also in the gallery's assortment, had been sold and delivered overseas, calling it "extremely regrettable." He additionally struck, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, if the assortment is to be offered, I hope that they will to begin with approach Eastern purchasers to ensure that the many masterpieces perform not leave Japan. I will definitely be actually waiting.".
In his most recent article, Maezawa likewise covered his sense of obligation as a collection agency, stating, "Oriental individuals require to secure Asia's traditional traits, whether it's the property, attributes, fine art, or conventional lifestyle, as high as feasible. If our team market all of them off part by piece for temporary revenue, Asia will definitely no more be actually Japan. I need to have to earn sufficient to be able to purchase and pass on things that ought to be actually passed down to future age groups.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually currently searching for five individual associates with X to deal with cleaning of his manor and also vacation home, along with various other individual help roles. The roles consist of "washing, cleaning, cooking food, offering food at celebrations, a glass of wine monitoring, participation, document control, and attendee bookings," along with "looking after canines and felines," yet there is no reference of responsibilities connected to his fine art collection.