.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors checklist in 2015, published a collection of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, showing his wish as an art fan to avoid the outflow of operate in the gallery's assortment overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical business DIC Firm was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura in the middle of stress coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's collection flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are actually owned through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) from the gallery's compilation. In action to a fan who uploaded on X that he want to see the job at some point, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display screen has actually been undergoing cleansing and also partial restoration work for regarding three years, however it was carefully returned to me a few days ago. This work is actually a vital cultural home assigned due to the nation, so I wish to make it achievable for everybody to view it in some way, and also I am going to permit you referred to as soon as the information are actually determined." He proceeded, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is momentarily finalized. If there is actually just about anything I can do, I want to work together as a fine art fanatic.".
The DIC Gallery is slated to be briefly closed in January 2025.
Additionally, following this article, he certainly not simply shared remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was likewise in the museum's compilation, had actually been sold and also sent out overseas, calling it "very regrettable." He additionally appealed, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, if the selection is actually to become sold, I wish that they will definitely first approach Eastern customers to make sure that the many work of arts carry out not leave Asia. I will be actually standing by.".
In his most recent post, Maezawa additionally covered his sense of duty as a collector, stating, "Eastern folks need to have to protect Asia's conventional points, whether it's the land, nature, fine art, or traditional lifestyle, as high as possible. If our experts sell all of them off item by item for temporary profit, Japan will certainly no more be Asia. I need to have to make good enough to be capable to buy and also pass on the things that need to be actually passed down to future eras.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is presently searching for five private aides by means of X to handle cleansing of his estate and also villa, along with various other individual support tasks. The tasks feature "laundry, cleaning, food preparation, offering food at events, a glass of wine administration, attendance, documentation monitoring, and attendee bookings," as well as "looking after dogs and also cats," but there is no reference of duties connected to his craft assortment.