.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, published a collection of talk about the social networks network X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, revealing his desire as a fine art fan to prevent the discharge of function in the gallery's collection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical provider DIC Organization was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura surrounded by tension coming from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are owned by DIC Corp. It features 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also functions through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's selection. In action to a fan that published on X that he wish to find the work sooner or later, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display has actually been actually undergoing cleaning and also predisposed renovation benefit about 3 years, however it was safely and securely come back to me yesterday. This work is actually a necessary cultural residential property marked by the nation, so I would love to make it possible for every person to see it somehow, and also I will definitely allow you called quickly as the details are actually determined." He carried on, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually momentarily closed. If there is just about anything I can do, I wish to work together as an art aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become momentarily approached January 2025.
Furthermore, following this message, he certainly not just shown disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's compilation, had actually been marketed and sent out overseas, calling it "extremely regrettable." He likewise struck, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Art, if the assortment is actually to become marketed, I wish that they are going to initially come close to Oriental shoppers to make sure that the various masterpieces perform certainly not leave Asia. I am going to be actually waiting.".
In his most up-to-date blog post, Maezawa likewise discussed his sense of accountability as a collector, saying, "Japanese individuals need to have to protect Japan's conventional traits, whether it is actually the land, nature, craft, or typical culture, as much as achievable. If our company sell all of them off item by piece for short-term profit, Japan will no more be Asia. I need to earn sufficient to become able to buy and also hand down the things that should be passed down to potential age groups.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually currently seeking five individual assistants through X to handle cleansing of his estate as well as manor, along with various other individual help responsibilities. The responsibilities consist of "laundry washing, cleansing, preparing food, serving meals at gatherings, red or white wine control, presence, record administration, and also guest bookings," and also "caring for pets and felines," however there is actually no acknowledgment of roles associated with his art compilation.