.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors listing in 2014, posted a collection of discuss the social media system X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, revealing his need as a fine art fan to stop the discharge of works in the museum's assortment overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical firm DIC Enterprise was revising the future of Kawamura amid stress from activist clients. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 artworks, 384 of which are had through DIC Corp. It consists of 7 of Mark 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 substantial performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the museum's selection. In response to a fan that posted on X that he wish to find the work one day, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons monitor has been undertaking cleaning and also predisposed remediation work for concerning three years, but it was actually securely returned to me the other day. This work is actually a vital social residential or commercial property designated due to the nation, so I would love to create it possible for everyone to observe it somehow, and also I will permit you called soon as the information are actually made a decision." He continued, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is temporarily shut. If there is everything I may do, I would like to work together as a craft fan.".
The DIC Museum is slated to be temporarily enclosed January 2025.
On top of that, following this message, he not just expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's collection, had actually been offered and sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly regrettable." He also struck, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, if the assortment is to become sold, I really hope that they will first come close to Eastern customers in order that the numerous showpieces do not leave Japan. I will be standing by.".
In his most recent post, Maezawa also discussed his sense of accountability as an enthusiast, pointing out, "Oriental individuals need to have to shield Asia's standard things, whether it's the land, nature, art, or even standard society, as long as possible. If our team sell them off part through piece for temporary income, Japan will no longer be Asia. I need to have to make sufficient to be capable to get and pass on things that should be actually given to future generations.".
Mind you, Maezawa is actually currently seeking 5 personal associates via X to manage cleaning of his mansion house and also villa, in addition to various other personal assistance responsibilities. The obligations consist of "laundry washing, cleansing, food preparation, offering meals at events, red wine monitoring, participation, documentation administration, as well as guest appointments," along with "caring for pet dogs and also pussy-cats," however there is actually no acknowledgment of tasks associated with his art assortment.