.Yusaku Maezawa, that seemed on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2014, submitted a series of comments on the social media network X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine art, showing his wish as an art enthusiast to stop the discharge of do work in the museum's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Enterprise was reassessing the future of Kawamura amid tension coming from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's collection flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are actually had through DIC Corp. It features seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also functions through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, to name a few considerable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's assortment. In reaction to a fan that submitted on X that he would like to observe the work at some point, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons monitor has been actually going through cleansing as well as partial repair work with regarding three years, however it was actually safely and securely gone back to me yesterday. This job is a necessary cultural property marked by the nation, so I want to make it possible for everybody to observe it in some way, and also I will definitely let you know as very soon as the particulars are chosen." He carried on, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is anything I can do, I would love to coordinate as a craft fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be temporarily approached January 2025.
Moreover, following this blog post, he not merely revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was also in the museum's compilation, had been sold as well as sent overseas, calling it "very unlucky." He also struck, "Pertaining to the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the selection is actually to be sold, I hope that they will definitely first come close to Oriental buyers so that the numerous masterpieces do certainly not leave Asia. I will definitely be waiting.".
In his most current message, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of responsibility as a debt collector, claiming, "Oriental people need to have to defend Japan's standard points, whether it is actually the property, attribute, craft, or even traditional culture, as much as possible. If our company offer all of them off piece by piece for temporary profit, Asia is going to no more be Asia. I need to have to get sufficient to be able to get and pass on the many things that should be given to potential generations.".
In addition, Maezawa is presently seeking five personal aides by means of X to deal with cleaning of his manor and villa, and also other personal help obligations. The duties feature "washing, cleansing, cooking, providing meals at parties, a glass of wine monitoring, presence, file management, as well as guest appointments," and also "taking care of pet dogs and also felines," yet there is actually no acknowledgment of responsibilities related to his fine art selection.