.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors listing in 2014, submitted a series of comments on the social networks system X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, expressing his desire as an art fan to stop the discharge of function in the museum's collection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical provider DIC Firm was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura among stress from activist financiers. The Kawamura's selection boasts 754 art work, 384 of which are actually possessed by DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other significant musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) coming from the museum's collection. In feedback to a fan who uploaded on X that he wish to view the job at some point, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons screen has been going through cleansing and predisposed repair benefit about three years, but it was actually safely gone back to me the other day. This job is a significant social building designated by the nation, so I would like to make it feasible for everybody to view it somehow, as well as I will definitely let you called quickly as the information are actually made a decision." He proceeded, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually briefly shut. If there is just about anything I may do, I would love to cooperate as a fine art aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become momentarily closed in January 2025.
On top of that, following this message, he not simply revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the museum's selection, had been sold and also sent overseas, naming it "very unfortunate." He additionally struck, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the assortment is actually to become marketed, I wish that they will certainly to begin with come close to Japanese shoppers in order that the many work of arts carry out certainly not leave Japan. I will certainly be actually waiting.".
In his most up-to-date blog post, Maezawa likewise covered his feeling of responsibility as a collection agency, saying, "Japanese folks need to have to secure Japan's standard factors, whether it is actually the property, attributes, art, or traditional culture, as high as achievable. If we sell all of them off part through part for temporary earnings, Asia is going to no longer be actually Asia. I require to get sufficient to become capable to buy and also hand down the things that need to be passed down to potential age groups.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually currently trying to find five private aides with X to deal with cleaning of his estate and also villa, as well as other individual help duties. The obligations consist of "laundry washing, cleaning, cooking food, serving meals at gatherings, a glass of wine control, presence, documentation control, as well as visitor reservations," and also "taking care of dogs and also kitties," however there is no acknowledgment of duties connected to his art compilation.