.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2015, submitted a set of comments on the social networks system X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, revealing his need as a fine art aficionado to prevent the outflow of function in the gallery's assortment overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical company DIC Firm was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura among stress coming from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's collection boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned through DIC Corp. It includes seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, among other significant performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the gallery's collection. In response to a fan that uploaded on X that he would like to view the job one day, Maezawa replied, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons screen has been undergoing cleansing and predisposed renovation benefit about 3 years, however it was actually safely gone back to me the other day. This job is a significant social home designated by the nation, so I wish to make it possible for every person to observe it in some way, and I will allow you called very soon as the particulars are actually chosen." He proceeded, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is temporarily shut. If there is everything I may do, I would love to coordinate as a craft enthusiast.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become briefly closed in January 2025.
Additionally, following this post, he not merely expressed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the museum's assortment, had been actually offered as well as sent out overseas, calling it "quite unfavorable." He also struck, "Pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the collection is to be marketed, I wish that they are going to first move toward Eastern shoppers so that the numerous masterworks do certainly not leave behind Japan. I will be actually hanging around.".
In his most current post, Maezawa additionally blogged about his sense of duty as an enthusiast, claiming, "Japanese people require to safeguard Japan's traditional points, whether it's the land, attributes, craft, or standard society, as long as possible. If we offer them off piece by part for short-term income, Asia is going to no more be actually Japan. I need to gain good enough to become able to purchase as well as pass on things that should be given to future generations.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually currently trying to find 5 individual assistants through X to handle cleansing of his estate and vacation home, in addition to other personal help responsibilities. The responsibilities feature "washing, cleansing, cooking food, serving food items at parties, a glass of wine control, attendance, document monitoring, and attendee bookings," in addition to "caring for canines and kitties," but there is actually no acknowledgment of duties connected to his art collection.