.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list last year, posted a collection of comments on the social media system X on Monday, concerning the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Art, sharing his wish as an art fan to prevent the discharge of works in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson stated that chemical company DIC Corporation was actually revising the future of Kawamura surrounded by pressure from activist clients. The Kawamura's compilation includes 754 artworks, 384 of which are had through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, as well as Robert Ryman, and many more substantial artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's collection. In reaction to a fan who uploaded on X that he would like to see the job at some point, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons monitor has actually been undergoing cleansing as well as predisposed repair work for regarding three years, yet it was actually carefully returned to me the other day. This work is actually a crucial social building marked by the nation, so I wish to make it achievable for everybody to find it somehow, and I am going to let you referred to as quickly as the information are made a decision." He carried on, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is briefly closed. If there is actually anything I can do, I want to work together as an art fanatic.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become briefly closed in January 2025.
Moreover, following this article, he certainly not just revealed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was also in the gallery's compilation, had actually been actually sold and also sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly unfavorable." He additionally struck, "Pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, if the selection is actually to become sold, I really hope that they are going to to begin with move toward Oriental customers so that the numerous masterworks do certainly not leave behind Asia. I will be actually standing by.".
In his most current article, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of obligation as a collection agency, pointing out, "Oriental people need to have to safeguard Japan's traditional factors, whether it's the land, attributes, art, or conventional society, as long as achievable. If we market all of them off piece through part for short-term profit, Japan will no longer be Asia. I require to get good enough to be capable to buy and pass on things that ought to be passed down to future generations.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually currently seeking 5 private aides via X to handle cleaning of his mansion and also villa, along with various other private assistance tasks. The responsibilities consist of "washing, cleaning, preparing food, providing meals at gatherings, wine administration, participation, document management, as well as guest bookings," and also "looking after pet dogs and also felines," but there is actually no acknowledgment of tasks associated with his craft compilation.