.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list last year, posted a collection of talk about the social media system X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, sharing his need as an art aficionado to avoid the discharge of function in the museum's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical company DIC Corporation was reevaluating the future of Kawamura among stress coming from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's assortment boasts 754 art work, 384 of which are had through DIC Corp. It features seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, and many more notable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) coming from the museum's collection. In response to a supporter who submitted on X that he would like to view the job at some point, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons monitor has been going through cleaning as well as predisposed repair help concerning 3 years, yet it was safely and securely come back to me yesterday. This work is actually a crucial social building marked by the nation, so I would like to create it achievable for everybody to view it in some way, as well as I will let you called very soon as the details are made a decision." He proceeded, "Even so, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Art is momentarily finalized. If there is everything I may do, I would love to coordinate as a fine art lover.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be temporarily closed in January 2025.
Furthermore, following this post, he certainly not merely shown regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually also in the museum's compilation, had been offered and also sent out overseas, naming it "quite unfavorable." He likewise appealed, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the assortment is actually to become marketed, I hope that they are going to first approach Oriental shoppers to make sure that the various masterpieces carry out not leave behind Asia. I will definitely be hanging around.".
In his most up-to-date blog post, Maezawa also discussed his feeling of duty as a collection agency, saying, "Eastern folks require to defend Japan's typical things, whether it is actually the property, nature, craft, or typical lifestyle, as long as achievable. If our experts market them off item by part for short-term revenue, Japan will certainly no longer be actually Japan. I need to gain sufficient to be capable to buy as well as hand down the important things that need to be actually passed down to future eras.".
By the way, Maezawa is actually presently searching for 5 personal assistants with X to take care of cleansing of his mansion house as well as property, in addition to various other individual help tasks. The responsibilities feature "washing, cleaning, preparing food, providing food items at events, a glass of wine administration, attendance, paper management, and also attendee bookings," along with "taking care of canines and also felines," but there is no reference of tasks associated with his art selection.