.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors list in 2014, uploaded a set of comments on the social media sites network X on Monday, regarding the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine art, expressing his desire as a fine art enthusiast to prevent the outflow of works in the museum's assortment overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical business DIC Company was reevaluating the future of Kawamura among pressure from activist real estate investors. The Kawamura's compilation flaunts 754 artworks, 384 of which are actually owned through DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other considerable artists.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's compilation. In response to a follower who posted on X that he wish to view the work one day, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons screen has actually been actually going through cleaning and partial renovation work for about three years, however it was actually carefully come back to me a few days ago. This job is an essential cultural home marked by the nation, so I would love to make it feasible for everybody to observe it in some way, and I will certainly permit you referred to as quickly as the particulars are actually chosen." He continued, "Nevertheless, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is momentarily closed. If there is everything I may do, I wish to work together as a fine art aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to become briefly closed in January 2025.
Additionally, observing this message, he not only shown disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually also in the gallery's assortment, had actually been sold and sent overseas, calling it "very unfavorable." He additionally appealed, "Relating to the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the collection is to be offered, I hope that they will certainly first move toward Japanese buyers to make sure that the various work of arts do not leave Asia. I will certainly be actually waiting.".
In his most up-to-date post, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of duty as an enthusiast, stating, "Oriental folks require to shield Asia's typical points, whether it is actually the property, nature, art, or standard culture, as high as achievable. If our team market them off piece by part for short-term profit, Japan will definitely no longer be actually Asia. I require to get sufficient to be capable to acquire and hand down things that should be passed down to potential age groups.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually currently searching for five personal assistants by means of X to deal with cleansing of his estate as well as suite, as well as various other private help responsibilities. The responsibilities feature "laundry, cleaning, food preparation, offering food items at parties, red wine control, presence, paper control, as well as guest reservations," along with "looking after pet dogs and also kitties," but there is no reference of responsibilities associated with his craft assortment.