.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Best 200 Collectors listing in 2013, uploaded a series of comments on the social networks system X on Monday, pertaining to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Craft, revealing his wish as a fine art lover to prevent the discharge of works in the gallery’s selection overseas. Recently, ARTnews’ George Nelson disclosed that chemical company DIC Company was actually reviewing the future of Kawamura in the middle of tension from activist investors. The Kawamura’s collection includes 754 art work, 384 of which are actually possessed through DIC Corp.
It features 7 of Mark Rothko’s “Seagram Murals” and functions by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other considerable artists. Associated Contents. In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku’s Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) coming from the museum’s compilation.
In action to a supporter that posted on X that he want to find the job someday, Maezawa answered, “The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and also Herons display screen has been actually going through cleaning as well as partial renovation work for concerning three years, but it was properly come back to me yesterday. This job is actually a significant social residential property designated by the country, so I want to create it achievable for everyone to see it somehow, as well as I am going to allow you know as quickly as the particulars are chosen.” He carried on, “Nevertheless, I sorrow that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Art is actually momentarily closed. If there is everything I can do, I wish to cooperate as a fine art lover.”.
The DIC Gallery is actually slated to become briefly closed in January 2025. Moreover, following this message, he certainly not simply expressed regret that Barnett Newman’s Anna’s Lighting (1968 ), which was additionally in the museum’s selection, had been actually marketed as well as delivered overseas, calling it “really regrettable.” He also appealed, “Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Fine Art, if the assortment is actually to be sold, I wish that they are going to to begin with move toward Japanese buyers in order that the many masterworks do certainly not leave behind Asia. I will be actually standing by.”.
In his most up-to-date message, Maezawa also covered his sense of task as a debt collector, pointing out, “Eastern individuals need to safeguard Asia’s standard things, whether it is actually the property, attributes, art, or even traditional lifestyle, as much as possible. If our company market all of them off part by piece for short-term earnings, Asia will no longer be actually Japan. I need to gain good enough to become able to purchase as well as hand down the things that should be actually given to future eras.”.
Incidentally, Maezawa is actually presently trying to find 5 private associates via X to handle cleansing of his mansion house as well as suite, and also other personal assistance duties. The roles consist of “laundry, cleansing, cooking, providing meals at celebrations, white wine management, presence, paper administration, and also visitor reservations,” and also “taking care of pets and felines,” yet there is no mention of responsibilities associated with his fine art assortment.