.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors listing in 2014, uploaded a collection of discuss the social networking sites system X on Monday, relating to the fastener of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Craft, expressing his desire as a craft fanatic to stop the stream of works in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical firm DIC Firm was actually revising the future of Kawamura amidst stress from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's selection boasts 754 art work, 384 of which are actually had through DIC Corp. It includes seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other substantial musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's assortment. In feedback to an enthusiast that uploaded on X that he want to view the job one day, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has been going through cleansing and predisposed remediation work for regarding three years, yet it was safely and securely returned to me a few days ago. This work is an essential cultural residential or commercial property marked due to the country, so I wish to create it feasible for every person to see it somehow, and I will definitely let you know as quickly as the particulars are actually determined." He continued, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually momentarily finalized. If there is just about anything I can do, I would love to cooperate as a fine art fanatic.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be temporarily approached January 2025.
On top of that, observing this message, he not merely expressed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was also in the gallery's compilation, had been actually offered as well as sent out overseas, naming it "quite regrettable." He also appealed, "Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Art, if the assortment is actually to become sold, I wish that they will certainly to begin with move toward Japanese shoppers to make sure that the various work of arts perform not leave Asia. I will definitely be waiting.".
In his latest article, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of obligation as a collection agency, claiming, "Japanese people require to shield Asia's conventional points, whether it is actually the land, attributes, craft, or even conventional lifestyle, as much as feasible. If our experts market them off item by part for short-term earnings, Asia is going to no longer be actually Japan. I require to make enough to become capable to buy as well as hand down things that should be actually given to potential eras.".
Incidentally, Maezawa is currently searching for 5 personal aides by means of X to deal with cleaning of his manor and also rental property, and also various other individual assistance duties. The responsibilities include "laundry, cleansing, cooking food, providing food at parties, red wine administration, presence, file management, as well as visitor bookings," and also "caring for dogs and kitties," but there is no reference of obligations connected to his craft selection.