.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing last year, posted a series of talk about the social media sites system X on Monday, regarding the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his wish as an art enthusiast to avoid the stream of function in the gallery's collection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical company DIC Company was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura surrounded by tension coming from activist financiers. The Kawamura's collection flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are had by DIC Corp. It consists of seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) from the museum's selection. In action to an enthusiast that uploaded on X that he want to find the job at some point, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons display has been actually undergoing cleansing as well as predisposed reconstruction benefit about three years, yet it was actually safely and securely gone back to me recently. This work is actually a vital cultural home assigned due to the country, so I wish to make it feasible for everyone to find it somehow, as well as I am going to allow you called quickly as the particulars are actually determined." He proceeded, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is actually anything I may do, I would love to comply as a fine art fanatic.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become temporarily closed in January 2025.
Moreover, following this article, he not simply shared remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was likewise in the gallery's compilation, had actually been actually sold and sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly unfavorable." He additionally struck, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, if the assortment is actually to become marketed, I really hope that they will definitely first approach Eastern purchasers so that the many masterworks carry out certainly not leave Asia. I will be standing by.".
In his newest post, Maezawa likewise blogged about his feeling of duty as a collector, pointing out, "Oriental folks need to secure Asia's conventional points, whether it's the land, attributes, craft, or even traditional society, as much as feasible. If our team offer all of them off item by piece for temporary income, Asia will definitely no longer be Asia. I need to have to get good enough to be able to purchase as well as hand down the important things that ought to be passed down to future age groups.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is actually currently searching for 5 private associates through X to take care of cleaning of his estate as well as property, and also other individual help obligations. The roles feature "laundry, cleaning, preparing food, serving food items at events, wine management, presence, record management, and visitor bookings," along with "caring for canines and also pet cats," but there is actually no reference of obligations related to his fine art compilation.