.Yusaku Maezawa, who showed up on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors listing in 2013, published a series of discuss the social networking sites system X on Monday, concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Craft, showing his desire as a craft fan to avoid the stream of function in the gallery's collection overseas.
Recently, ARTnews' George Nelson disclosed that chemical firm DIC Corporation was reevaluating the future of Kawamura amid pressure coming from activist investors. The Kawamura's compilation includes 754 art work, 384 of which are owned by DIC Corp. It includes 7 of Symbol Rothko's "Seagram Murals" as well as works through Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, to name a few substantial musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa got Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the gallery's compilation. In feedback to a fan that uploaded on X that he want to see the work someday, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons screen has been actually undergoing cleansing as well as partial reconstruction work with about 3 years, however it was securely come back to me the other day. This work is actually a significant cultural property marked by the nation, so I would like to create it achievable for everyone to view it in some way, and also I will certainly let you know as very soon as the details are actually decided." He carried on, "However, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually briefly closed. If there is actually anything I can possibly do, I would like to comply as an art lover.".
The DIC Museum is actually slated to be momentarily enclosed January 2025.
Moreover, observing this post, he certainly not only shared disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Light (1968 ), which was likewise in the museum's assortment, had been offered and sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly unfortunate." He likewise struck, "Pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Gallery of Fine Art, if the compilation is actually to be offered, I really hope that they are going to to begin with approach Eastern buyers to make sure that the various masterpieces perform certainly not leave Asia. I will definitely be actually standing by.".
In his newest message, Maezawa additionally covered his feeling of accountability as a collection agency, pointing out, "Oriental folks require to shield Japan's typical things, whether it's the property, attribute, craft, or traditional society, as long as achievable. If our experts offer all of them off piece by piece for temporary earnings, Asia is going to no more be actually Asia. I need to make enough to be capable to get and also pass on things that must be passed down to future age groups.".
In addition, Maezawa is actually presently searching for 5 private associates by means of X to take care of cleaning of his mansion and property, and also various other individual help obligations. The duties feature "laundry, cleaning, cooking, providing food at celebrations, wine management, presence, record administration, and also visitor bookings," and also "taking care of pet dogs and pussy-cats," yet there is actually no mention of duties connected to his craft compilation.