Yusaku Maezawa Suggests DIC Museum Ought to Promote to Japanese Collectors


Yusaku Maezawa, who appeared on ARTnews High 200 Collectors checklist final yr, posted a collection of feedback on the social media community X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Artwork, expressing his want as an artwork lover to forestall the outflow of works within the museum’s assortment abroad.

Final week, ARTnews‘ George Nelson reported that chemical firm DIC Company was reevaluating the way forward for Kawamura amid stress from activist buyers. The Kawamura’s assortment boasts 754 artworks, 384 of that are owned by DIC Corp. It contains seven of Mark Rothko’s “Seagram Murals” and works by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and Robert Ryman, amongst different vital artists.

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In 2018, Maezawa acquired Hasegawa Tohaku’s Urozu Byobu (Crows and Herons) from the museum’s assortment. In response to a fan who posted on X that he wish to see the work sometime, Maezawa replied, “The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows and Herons display has been present process cleansing and partial restoration work for about three years, however it was safely returned to me the opposite day. This work is a vital cultural property designated by the nation, so I wish to make it attainable for everybody to see it indirectly, and I’ll let you already know as quickly as the main points are determined.” He continued, “Even so, I’m unhappy that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Artwork is quickly closed. If there may be something I can do, I wish to cooperate as an artwork lover.”

The DIC Museum is slated to be quickly closed in January 2025.

Moreover, following this publish, he not solely expressed remorse that Barnett Newman’s Anna’s Mild (1968), which was additionally within the museum’s assortment, had been offered and despatched abroad, calling it “very unlucky.” He additionally appealed, “Concerning the closure of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Artwork, if the gathering is to be offered, I hope that they may first method Japanese consumers in order that the various masterpieces don’t go away Japan. I can be ready.”

In his newest publish, Maezawa additionally wrote about his sense of accountability as a collector, saying, “Japanese folks want to guard Japan’s conventional issues, whether or not it’s the land, nature, artwork, or conventional tradition, as a lot as attainable. If we promote them off piece by piece for short-term revenue, Japan will not be Japan. I must earn sufficient to have the ability to purchase and go on the issues that ought to be handed right down to future generations.”

By the way, Maezawa is at present searching for 5 private assistants by X to deal with cleansing of his mansion and villa, in addition to different private assist duties. The duties embody “laundry, cleansing, cooking, serving meals at events, wine administration, attendance, doc administration, and visitor reservations,” in addition to “taking care of canines and cats,” however there isn’t a point out of duties associated to his artwork assortment.

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