.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors listing in 2014, uploaded a series of talk about the social networks system X on Monday, relating to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, showing his desire as an art lover to avoid the discharge of function in the museum's collection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical company DIC Enterprise was reassessing the future of Kawamura amidst tension coming from activist entrepreneurs. The Kawamura's collection includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are had through DIC Corp. It features 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, to name a few significant artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's collection. In response to a follower who published on X that he would like to view the job someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display screen has actually been actually going through cleaning as well as partial remediation benefit regarding 3 years, yet it was properly returned to me the other day. This job is actually a necessary social property assigned due to the country, so I want to make it possible for everyone to view it in some way, and I will let you know as soon as the information are actually chosen." He continued, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is temporarily closed. If there is actually anything I may do, I want to cooperate as a craft fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is slated to be momentarily enclosed January 2025.
Moreover, following this blog post, he certainly not simply expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was additionally in the gallery's assortment, had actually been offered and sent out overseas, naming it "very unfortunate." He additionally appealed, "Relating to the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, if the collection is actually to become marketed, I really hope that they will certainly first move toward Oriental purchasers so that the various showpieces do certainly not leave Japan. I will be waiting.".
In his most recent post, Maezawa likewise blogged about his sense of accountability as a collection agency, claiming, "Japanese individuals require to shield Asia's traditional factors, whether it is actually the land, attribute, craft, or conventional culture, as long as feasible. If our company market them off part through item for short-term earnings, Asia will no more be actually Japan. I need to have to make sufficient to become capable to purchase and also hand down the important things that need to be passed down to potential ages.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is presently trying to find five personal associates with X to take care of cleaning of his mansion and also villa, as well as various other private support duties. The obligations consist of "washing, cleaning, cooking, serving meals at events, white wine control, participation, paper control, as well as visitor appointments," along with "looking after pet dogs as well as felines," but there is no acknowledgment of responsibilities connected to his art assortment.