.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing in 2013, published a collection of talk about the social networks system X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, conveying his need as an art enthusiast to stop the stream of works in the museum's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Firm was reevaluating the future of Kawamura amid pressure coming from activist entrepreneurs. The Kawamura's compilation boasts 754 artworks, 384 of which are had by DIC Corp. It features 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, and many more notable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the gallery's assortment. In response to an enthusiast that published on X that he would love to view the job one day, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display has been going through cleaning as well as predisposed renovation work for regarding 3 years, however it was actually carefully come back to me recently. This work is an essential social property designated by the country, so I would love to make it possible for everybody to find it in some way, and I will definitely let you referred to as very soon as the details are made a decision." He proceeded, "Nevertheless, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually momentarily shut. If there is actually just about anything I can possibly do, I would like to coordinate as a fine art fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be briefly closed in January 2025.
Moreover, observing this blog post, he not merely shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was actually additionally in the gallery's collection, had actually been offered and sent overseas, calling it "incredibly unfortunate." He additionally appealed, "Pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Art, if the compilation is to be offered, I really hope that they will certainly to begin with move toward Japanese customers in order that the numerous masterworks perform certainly not leave Asia. I will be waiting.".
In his most up-to-date blog post, Maezawa likewise covered his sense of accountability as a collector, pointing out, "Japanese folks need to have to defend Japan's conventional factors, whether it's the land, nature, craft, or typical culture, as much as possible. If our team market all of them off item through part for temporary earnings, Asia is going to no more be Asia. I need to earn enough to be capable to get and hand down things that need to be passed down to potential ages.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually currently looking for five individual assistants with X to take care of cleansing of his estate and also villa, and also various other private support tasks. The duties include "laundry washing, cleansing, cooking, providing food items at celebrations, a glass of wine control, participation, record administration, and also attendee appointments," as well as "taking care of pets as well as cats," however there is actually no reference of obligations related to his craft compilation.