.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list in 2014, posted a set of comments on the social networking sites network X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his wish as a fine art enthusiast to stop the stream of operate in the museum's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical company DIC Corporation was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura surrounded by pressure coming from activist clients. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are had by DIC Corp. It features seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, to name a few considerable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the museum's selection. In response to a supporter that uploaded on X that he want to find the work someday, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display has been actually going through cleansing as well as predisposed repair help concerning three years, however it was actually safely gone back to me recently. This work is an important social residential property designated by the nation, so I want to create it feasible for everybody to see it somehow, as well as I will definitely let you referred to as quickly as the details are made a decision." He carried on, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Craft is actually briefly shut. If there is actually everything I may do, I would love to work together as a craft aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be briefly approached January 2025.
In addition, following this blog post, he certainly not only conveyed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually additionally in the museum's selection, had actually been marketed and sent out overseas, naming it "very unfortunate." He additionally struck, "Pertaining to the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the compilation is actually to become marketed, I hope that they will certainly first move toward Oriental purchasers so that the numerous showpieces perform not leave Japan. I am going to be actually standing by.".
In his most recent article, Maezawa also blogged about his feeling of task as a collector, pointing out, "Oriental folks need to safeguard Asia's conventional points, whether it's the land, attribute, art, or traditional society, as much as feasible. If we market them off item by item for short-term earnings, Japan is going to no longer be Japan. I need to have to get enough to become able to acquire and pass on things that ought to be actually given to future eras.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is presently searching for 5 personal aides through X to manage cleaning of his estate and manor, along with other private assistance tasks. The obligations include "laundry washing, cleansing, preparing food, serving food items at celebrations, white wine management, attendance, file management, as well as attendee bookings," in addition to "caring for dogs and felines," yet there is no reference of duties associated with his art selection.