.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, posted a collection of discuss the social media network X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, sharing his wish as an art aficionado to prevent the stream of works in the gallery's selection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical firm DIC Enterprise was actually reevaluating the future of Kawamura amid tension coming from activist financiers. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 art work, 384 of which are owned through DIC Corp. It includes seven of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, to name a few notable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the gallery's compilation. In reaction to a supporter that posted on X that he want to view the job someday, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons monitor has been actually undertaking cleaning and also predisposed reconstruction work for about 3 years, but it was carefully come back to me a few days ago. This job is a vital cultural building marked due to the country, so I want to make it possible for everyone to see it somehow, and also I will certainly allow you know as soon as the particulars are actually determined." He proceeded, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Craft is temporarily finalized. If there is everything I can do, I would love to comply as an art enthusiast.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be temporarily closed in January 2025.
On top of that, observing this article, he not only expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually additionally in the museum's assortment, had been offered and sent overseas, naming it "incredibly regrettable." He likewise appealed, "Relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Art, if the compilation is actually to become sold, I really hope that they will certainly first come close to Oriental purchasers so that the many work of arts do certainly not leave Japan. I am going to be waiting.".
In his most recent message, Maezawa additionally covered his feeling of obligation as an enthusiast, stating, "Japanese folks need to protect Asia's standard things, whether it's the property, attributes, craft, or typical society, as high as achievable. If our company offer them off part through piece for short-term income, Japan will definitely no longer be actually Asia. I require to earn good enough to be capable to buy as well as hand down things that should be given to future generations.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually presently looking for five personal associates via X to take care of cleansing of his manor as well as property, and also various other individual help responsibilities. The duties include "laundry washing, cleansing, cooking food, offering food items at parties, red wine monitoring, appearance, document monitoring, and guest appointments," and also "caring for dogs as well as kitties," however there is actually no reference of duties connected to his fine art selection.