.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list in 2015, posted a series of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, showing his wish as a fine art enthusiast to prevent the stream of operate in the museum's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical business DIC Corporation was actually revising the future of Kawamura surrounded by stress coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's collection boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually had by DIC Corp. It features seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, among other significant artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's collection. In action to a follower who published on X that he would love to find the job someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons monitor has been actually going through cleansing and also predisposed remediation help regarding three years, yet it was securely returned to me a few days ago. This work is actually an important social residential or commercial property marked by the nation, so I would love to create it possible for everybody to observe it somehow, and also I will certainly allow you called quickly as the information are actually chosen." He continued, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is actually momentarily shut. If there is everything I can do, I would love to work together as a craft aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is slated to become briefly closed in January 2025.
Additionally, observing this article, he not simply revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was also in the museum's collection, had been actually sold as well as delivered overseas, calling it "really regrettable." He likewise appealed, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, if the selection is to become sold, I wish that they are going to initially move toward Japanese customers to ensure that the various showpieces do certainly not leave behind Asia. I am going to be actually waiting.".
In his newest post, Maezawa additionally discussed his feeling of accountability as a debt collector, saying, "Eastern people need to defend Asia's standard points, whether it is actually the land, attribute, fine art, or standard society, as high as achievable. If we sell them off part by part for short-term income, Japan is going to no more be Japan. I need to have to earn sufficient to become able to get and also pass on the things that must be actually passed down to potential generations.".
Mind you, Maezawa is currently searching for five personal associates by means of X to handle cleaning of his mansion house as well as manor, along with various other individual help obligations. The obligations consist of "laundry, cleaning, cooking food, serving food at gatherings, red or white wine administration, appearance, file administration, and visitor bookings," and also "taking care of canines and cats," yet there is no reference of obligations related to his fine art compilation.