.Yusaku Maezawa, that showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2013, posted a set of comments on the social networks system X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Fine art, revealing his desire as a fine art enthusiast to avoid the outflow of operate in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical firm DIC Corporation was reassessing the future of Kawamura among tension from activist clients. The Kawamura's assortment boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are possessed through DIC Corp. It features seven of Proof Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other considerable performers.
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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows as well as Herons) coming from the gallery's collection. In reaction to a supporter that published on X that he want to observe the job sooner or later, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display has actually been undergoing cleansing as well as partial repair work with about three years, but it was actually properly returned to me recently. This work is an important cultural home marked by the nation, so I would like to make it achievable for everyone to find it in some way, and I will certainly let you know as soon as the details are chosen." He carried on, "However, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Gallery of Fine art is momentarily closed. If there is actually everything I may do, I would love to cooperate as a craft fan.".
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to be temporarily closed in January 2025.
In addition, following this message, he not just revealed disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually also in the gallery's compilation, had been actually sold as well as sent out overseas, naming it "very unfavorable." He likewise struck, "Regarding the closing of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Craft, if the selection is to become marketed, I really hope that they are going to to begin with come close to Oriental shoppers to ensure that the many masterworks perform certainly not leave Asia. I am going to be hanging around.".
In his latest message, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of task as a collector, saying, "Eastern individuals need to defend Japan's conventional factors, whether it is actually the land, attribute, craft, or traditional lifestyle, as long as possible. If we sell all of them off part by piece for short-term income, Japan will no longer be Japan. I require to gain sufficient to become able to buy as well as pass on the many things that need to be passed down to potential ages.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is actually presently seeking 5 private aides by means of X to take care of cleansing of his residence as well as rental property, and also various other individual assistance tasks. The responsibilities consist of "laundry washing, cleansing, preparing food, serving meals at events, a glass of wine monitoring, appearance, document administration, and visitor reservations," along with "caring for dogs and also felines," but there is actually no mention of tasks associated with his fine art assortment.