.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors checklist in 2014, posted a series of comments on the social media system X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Art, showing his need as a fine art fanatic to prevent the outflow of do work in the gallery's collection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical provider DIC Firm was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura amidst stress coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's selection boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually owned through DIC Corp. It features seven of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, and many more considerable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) from the gallery's assortment. In reaction to a follower who posted on X that he wish to see the work someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has actually been actually undertaking cleaning and predisposed restoration help concerning three years, however it was actually carefully come back to me yesterday. This job is a vital social residential or commercial property assigned due to the country, so I would like to create it achievable for everybody to view it somehow, and I am going to let you called quickly as the particulars are made a decision." He proceeded, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually temporarily shut. If there is actually anything I can do, I wish to participate as a fine art enthusiast.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become briefly closed in January 2025.
Additionally, observing this post, he not just revealed remorse that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the gallery's selection, had been offered and sent overseas, calling it "quite unfortunate." He additionally appealed, "Regarding the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, if the compilation is to be marketed, I wish that they are going to to begin with approach Oriental shoppers to ensure the numerous masterpieces carry out certainly not leave Asia. I will be actually standing by.".
In his most current blog post, Maezawa also discussed his sense of duty as a collector, saying, "Oriental individuals need to have to guard Japan's traditional traits, whether it is actually the land, attributes, craft, or even typical lifestyle, as high as achievable. If our company offer them off piece by part for short-term earnings, Asia will definitely no more be Asia. I require to earn good enough to be capable to buy and also hand down the many things that need to be actually given to potential eras.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is presently trying to find 5 private associates with X to manage cleansing of his mansion house as well as manor, as well as various other individual assistance roles. The responsibilities feature "washing, cleansing, cooking food, providing food at celebrations, a glass of wine monitoring, presence, file administration, and visitor bookings," and also "looking after pet dogs and also cats," but there is no mention of responsibilities connected to his fine art assortment.