.Yusaku Maezawa, who seemed on ARTnews Leading 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, uploaded a collection of talk about the social networks network X on Monday, pertaining to the fastener of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, revealing his need as a fine art lover to prevent the outflow of do work in the museum's collection overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson reported that chemical business DIC Company was actually reassessing the future of Kawamura surrounded by pressure from activist entrepreneurs. The Kawamura's assortment includes 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are had by DIC Corp. It features 7 of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as functions by 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 acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) coming from the museum's compilation. In response to a follower that submitted on X that he would like to see the job someday, Maezawa responded, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons screen has been actually undergoing cleaning and also predisposed restoration work for about three years, however it was actually properly returned to me the other day. This job is actually an essential social property assigned by the country, so I want to create it feasible for every person to observe it in some way, and also I will permit you referred to as quickly as the details are actually determined." He carried on, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Fine art is actually momentarily shut. If there is everything I can possibly do, I would love to participate as a craft aficionado.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be temporarily approached January 2025.
Additionally, following this post, he not just revealed regret that Barnett Newman's Anna's Lighting (1968 ), which was additionally in the museum's assortment, had been actually offered and also sent out overseas, calling it "quite unlucky." He additionally struck, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Art, if the assortment is to be offered, I wish that they are going to to begin with approach Oriental shoppers to make sure that the various masterworks perform certainly not leave behind Japan. I am going to be actually hanging around.".
In his latest post, Maezawa likewise blogged about his sense of duty as a debt collector, claiming, "Japanese individuals need to have to defend Asia's typical things, whether it's the property, nature, art, or traditional culture, as long as feasible. If our experts offer all of them off piece by part for temporary earnings, Japan is going to no more be Japan. I need to earn good enough to become able to acquire and also hand down the important things that should be actually passed down to potential ages.".
In addition, Maezawa is currently looking for 5 individual associates by means of X to manage cleansing of his manor and property, along with various other personal assistance roles. The tasks feature "washing, cleansing, cooking, serving food items at parties, a glass of wine monitoring, appearance, document monitoring, and also attendee reservations," and also "looking after dogs as well as cats," however there is no mention of duties connected to his art assortment.