.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, posted a collection of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, regarding the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, showing his need as a fine art fanatic to prevent the stream of do work in the museum's selection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical provider DIC Enterprise was actually reevaluating the future of Kawamura amid tension from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's compilation flaunts 754 art work, 384 of which are actually had by DIC Corp. It consists of seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the museum's assortment. In feedback to an enthusiast who submitted on X that he want to see the work someday, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons screen has actually been actually undertaking cleansing as well as partial repair benefit about 3 years, but it was actually properly gone back to me a few days ago. This work is actually a necessary cultural building designated due to the nation, so I wish to create it possible for everyone to observe it somehow, and also I am going to let you referred to as very soon as the details are actually decided." He carried on, "Nevertheless, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually momentarily closed. If there is actually anything I can do, I want to participate as a craft fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become briefly enclosed January 2025.
Additionally, observing this post, he not simply shared regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually also in the gallery's collection, had actually been actually marketed and also sent overseas, calling it "very unlucky." He additionally struck, "Pertaining to the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the assortment is actually to be sold, I wish that they will definitely to begin with come close to Eastern purchasers to make sure that the various masterpieces perform not leave Japan. I will be actually standing by.".
In his most up-to-date blog post, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of obligation as a collection agency, claiming, "Oriental individuals need to protect Asia's standard points, whether it's the land, attributes, fine art, or conventional culture, as high as possible. If our team sell all of them off piece by item for short-term revenue, Asia will definitely no longer be Asia. I need to have to gain sufficient to become able to acquire and also pass on the things that need to be given to potential age groups.".
By the way, Maezawa is currently looking for five private aides with X to take care of cleaning of his residence and also manor, and also other private assistance duties. The obligations include "laundry, cleansing, preparing food, serving food items at parties, white wine monitoring, attendance, documentation management, and visitor appointments," and also "caring for canines and kitties," but there is no mention of tasks connected to his craft collection.