.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list in 2015, submitted a set of talk about the social media system X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Art, revealing his desire as a fine art enthusiast to stop the discharge of operate in the museum's selection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Company was reviewing the future of Kawamura among tension from activist entrepreneurs. The Kawamura's collection flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are owned by DIC Corp. It features seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, and many more notable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's assortment. In action to a supporter who submitted on X that he wish to see the work sooner or later, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display screen has been actually undertaking cleansing and also predisposed renovation work for about three years, yet it was carefully gone back to me yesterday. This work is an important social residential property marked by the country, so I would like to make it feasible for every person to see it somehow, and also I am going to let you called very soon as the information are made a decision." He continued, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually temporarily finalized. If there is actually everything I can do, I would like to comply as a fine art fan.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become momentarily approached January 2025.
Moreover, following this post, he certainly not just revealed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was likewise in the gallery's selection, had actually been marketed and also delivered overseas, calling it "really unfortunate." He additionally appealed, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, if the selection is to become marketed, I wish that they will certainly to begin with move toward Eastern customers in order that the many work of arts do certainly not leave Japan. I will definitely be waiting.".
In his most up-to-date article, Maezawa likewise wrote about his sense of accountability as a collection agency, mentioning, "Eastern folks need to have to safeguard Asia's traditional traits, whether it is actually the land, attributes, fine art, or conventional culture, as high as feasible. If our company market all of them off item through part for temporary profit, Asia will no more be actually Japan. I require to make good enough to become able to get as well as hand down the things that must be actually passed down to potential eras.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually presently trying to find five individual aides through X to handle cleansing of his manor as well as property, and also various other private support responsibilities. The tasks include "washing, cleansing, cooking food, offering food items at celebrations, red or white wine control, participation, documentation monitoring, and attendee bookings," and also "looking after dogs as well as cats," but there is no mention of roles connected to his craft compilation.