.Yusaku Maezawa, that seemed on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors list in 2015, uploaded a series of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his need as a craft lover to prevent the outflow of operate in the museum's selection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical firm DIC Organization was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura amid pressure from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's compilation includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually had through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, and many more notable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) from the museum's compilation. In reaction to a fan that uploaded on X that he would like to see the job sooner or later, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons monitor has actually been going through cleaning and partial reconstruction work for about 3 years, yet it was safely and securely returned to me yesterday. This job is actually an important social building designated by the country, so I would like to make it feasible for everybody to find it in some way, and also I will certainly permit you know as quickly as the particulars are chosen." He continued, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually temporarily closed. If there is actually anything I can do, I would love to work together as a fine art fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become briefly approached January 2025.
On top of that, observing this message, he certainly not just shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's selection, had been actually sold as well as sent overseas, calling it "very unfortunate." He additionally struck, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the selection is actually to become sold, I really hope that they will certainly first approach Oriental customers to make sure that the various masterworks do not leave Asia. I will be actually waiting.".
In his latest post, Maezawa likewise wrote about his sense of duty as a debt collector, claiming, "Eastern people need to have to safeguard Asia's standard traits, whether it's the property, nature, craft, or traditional society, as long as feasible. If our team sell all of them off part through piece for short-term income, Asia will no longer be Asia. I require to gain sufficient to be able to acquire and hand down the many things that need to be actually given to potential age groups.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually currently looking for five individual associates via X to take care of cleaning of his residence and also rental property, along with various other personal support duties. The responsibilities include "laundry washing, cleaning, cooking, serving meals at events, wine monitoring, attendance, document monitoring, and also visitor bookings," in addition to "taking care of canines and also pussy-cats," however there is actually no reference of responsibilities connected to his craft collection.