.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list in 2014, published a collection of talk about the social media sites network X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, sharing his wish as an art lover to stop the stream of function in the museum's collection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Enterprise was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura in the middle of pressure coming from activist entrepreneurs. The Kawamura's compilation flaunts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are owned through DIC Corp. It consists of seven of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other significant performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's collection. In feedback to a supporter that uploaded on X that he want to observe the job at some point, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display has actually been actually going through cleaning as well as partial renovation help about three years, but it was actually securely returned to me recently. This job is a significant social residential property assigned by the country, so I want to make it possible for every person to observe it in some way, as well as I am going to let you referred to as soon as the details are actually chosen." He carried on, "Nevertheless, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually briefly shut. If there is actually anything I can do, I would like to coordinate as an art fan.".
The DIC Museum is slated to become temporarily enclosed January 2025.
Moreover, observing this post, he not only shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually also in the gallery's assortment, had been sold and also delivered overseas, calling it "incredibly unfortunate." He also struck, "Concerning the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the collection is actually to become offered, I hope that they will definitely to begin with come close to Eastern purchasers to ensure that the many work of arts do not leave behind Japan. I will certainly be hanging around.".
In his newest post, Maezawa likewise covered his sense of task as a debt collector, saying, "Japanese people need to secure Japan's traditional traits, whether it is actually the land, nature, art, or even traditional culture, as high as possible. If our team market them off item through part for temporary profit, Asia will definitely no more be actually Japan. I need to have to earn enough to become capable to buy as well as pass on things that ought to be passed down to potential generations.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually presently looking for 5 private assistants through X to handle cleaning of his residence and also property, as well as various other individual assistance roles. The obligations consist of "laundry, cleansing, cooking food, providing food at gatherings, red or white wine monitoring, presence, document control, and attendee bookings," and also "looking after pets and kitties," however there is actually no reference of obligations connected to his art assortment.