.Yusaku Maezawa, that seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing in 2013, posted a series of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, concerning the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Art, sharing his desire as a craft fan to stop the discharge of works in the museum's assortment overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Corporation was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura amid tension coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's collection includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are had through DIC Corp. It includes seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other considerable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the gallery's compilation. In response to a fan who posted on X that he want to view the job sooner or later, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons monitor has been actually going through cleaning and also partial repair help regarding three years, yet it was actually safely and securely returned to me recently. This job is a necessary cultural residential property marked by the country, so I wish to make it possible for everybody to see it in some way, and I will certainly permit you know as soon as the particulars are determined." He continued, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually momentarily finalized. If there is actually everything I may do, I would like to work together as an art fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be momentarily closed in January 2025.
In addition, observing this message, he not only shared regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the museum's collection, had actually been actually marketed as well as delivered overseas, calling it "very unfortunate." He also appealed, "Pertaining to the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, if the assortment is to be sold, I hope that they are going to to begin with move toward Japanese purchasers to ensure that the numerous showpieces do certainly not leave behind Japan. I am going to be waiting.".
In his most current post, Maezawa also wrote about his sense of responsibility as a collection agency, mentioning, "Japanese folks require to secure Japan's conventional things, whether it's the land, attribute, fine art, or even standard society, as much as achievable. If we offer them off item by piece for short-term revenue, Asia will certainly no longer be Asia. I need to have to gain good enough to be capable to get and hand down things that should be actually given to future age groups.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is currently searching for 5 individual associates by means of X to deal with cleansing of his estate and manor, as well as various other personal assistance duties. The roles include "laundry, cleaning, food preparation, offering meals at events, red or white wine control, attendance, documentation management, as well as attendee bookings," and also "caring for canines and also cats," but there is actually no acknowledgment of duties related to his fine art compilation.