.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors checklist in 2014, published a series of talk about the social media sites system X on Monday, relating to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, expressing his need as a fine art lover to stop the stream of operate in the museum's assortment overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical provider DIC Enterprise was reviewing the future of Kawamura among tension from activist investors. The Kawamura's compilation flaunts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually possessed by DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more substantial artists.
Relevant Articles.
In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's assortment. In response to a fan who published on X that he wish to view the job sooner or later, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons monitor has actually been actually undertaking cleaning as well as partial reconstruction work with concerning three years, but it was actually safely and securely come back to me a few days ago. This job is actually a crucial cultural residential property designated by the nation, so I wish to make it possible for every person to view it somehow, as well as I will definitely let you know as quickly as the details are actually determined." He proceeded, "However, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is everything I can do, I wish to work together as a fine art lover.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be temporarily approached January 2025.
Additionally, observing this blog post, he not merely shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's compilation, had actually been actually sold as well as sent overseas, calling it "very unfortunate." He also struck, "Pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Art, if the assortment is to become offered, I wish that they will definitely initially approach Oriental purchasers so that the various showpieces perform certainly not leave behind Japan. I will certainly be actually hanging around.".
In his newest post, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of accountability as a debt collector, stating, "Oriental individuals need to guard Asia's traditional points, whether it is actually the property, attribute, craft, or typical culture, as long as achievable. If our company market them off piece by part for short-term earnings, Japan will no more be Asia. I need to have to get sufficient to become able to get as well as hand down the things that must be given to potential ages.".
By the way, Maezawa is presently looking for 5 individual assistants with X to handle cleaning of his estate and also rental property, as well as other personal help duties. The roles feature "washing, cleansing, preparing food, offering meals at celebrations, white wine monitoring, presence, documentation monitoring, and also guest appointments," in addition to "caring for canines as well as pussy-cats," but there is no mention of tasks connected to his art selection.