ウン国際アートコレクター前澤友作が、あの「Made in Japan」バスキア作また売っちゃった。CAFと「代官山CAF賞」をやめて欲しい、ユー サック。 Shitty International Art Collector, MAEZAWA Yusaku Re-sold that “Made in Japan” Basquiat. CAF should disappear. You suck.

We live in ephemeral, precarious times, where dementia is the norm. Even in Japan.
MAEZAWA Yusaku has bought himself a new toy, aka a small cock boat, made in Germany.
私たちは儚く不安定な時代に生きている。認知症が当たり前になった時代だ。日本だって例外ではない。
前澤友作さんは新しいmade in Germanyおもちゃ、aka a small cock boat、を購入した。

Where is your Maezawa Art Museum you promised to build in Chiba?
千葉に建てると約束していた前澤美術館はどこにあるの?
What was Maezawa, who psychopathically always wants to be in the limelight, thinking when he put Basquiat up for sale? And continues to pose with that Basquiat on the CAF website?
常に病的に注目を浴びたがる前澤は、バスキアを売却すると決めた時、何を考えていたのか? そして今もCAFのウェブサイトでそのバスキアと共にポーズを決め続けているのか?
Indeed, a Japanese art collector of the worst kind, aka Nippon Shit Collector.
I want CAF to disappear. Because Maezawa, yusaku.
Are you ready for your LAST close-up here on ART+CULTURE, you sucker!?!
まさに、最悪の日本のアートコレクター、別名ニッポン・クソコレクターだ。
CAFが消え去ってほしい。だって、前澤、ユウスク。
ART+CULTUREで最後のクローズアップを見られる覚悟はできているかい、you sucker!?!
Fin。
前澤友作 @yousuck2020
ニューヨークで久しぶりにバスキアと対面。やっぱり最高。9月21日から森アーツセンターギャラリーにて開催予定の「バスキア展」向けにまもなく日本に戻ってきます。
Finally meeting Basquiat again in New York after a long time. Still the absolute best. Heading back to Japan soon for the “Basquiat Exhibition” scheduled to open at Mori Arts Center Gallery from September 21.
6:49 AM · May 8, 2019
http://basquiat.tokyo
https://x.com/yousuck2020/status/1125880298284052481

CAF (Contemporary Art Foundation) Daikanyama refers to the annual CAF Award exhibition, a major Japanese art competition for students, typically held at the Daikanyama Hillside Forum in Tokyo, showcasing emerging young artists’ works in various media, with winners receiving prizes and solo exhibition opportunities, serving as a significant platform for contemporary Japanese art talent.
Key Aspects:
• Organizer: 公益財団法人 現代芸術振興財団 (Contemporary Art Foundation).
• Focus: Promoting young, emerging contemporary artists from Japanese schools (high school to graduate level) and Japanese students abroad.
• Venue: Primarily held at the Daikanyama Hillside Forum, a well-known cultural space in the Daikanyama neighborhood.
• Exhibition: Features selected works (painting, sculpture, video, performance, etc.) from finalists, with judging and awards announced at the event.
• Significance: Offers substantial cash prizes, solo exhibition opportunities, and broad exposure, acting as a stepping stone for future artists.
In essence, “CAF Daikanyama” is synonymous with the annual event where Japan’s future art stars are discovered and celebrated at a prominent Tokyo venue.
MISSION
現代芸術振興財団は、より多くの人が文化芸術に触れ、豊かで創造性のある暮らしを営むことに貢献したいという願いのもとに設立されました。
当財団は、展覧会事業を通して人々が現代アートに親しむことのできる環境をつくること、表彰および助成事業を通して未来へ文化をつなぐアーティストの活躍の機会を増やすことを目的に活動をしています。

DIRECTORS
設立者・会長
前澤 友作 MAEZAWA Yusaku
株式会社ZOZOファウンダー
評議員
石坂 泰章 ISHIZAKA Yasuaki
株式会社サザビーズジャパン代表取締役会長兼社長
評議員
片山 正通 KATAYAMA Masamichi
株式会社ワンダーウォール代表
評議員
MEG
音楽家
理事
前澤 貞之 MAEZAWA Sadayuki
現代芸術振興財団 理事長
理事
佐藤 有美 SATO Yumi
株式会社経済界代表取締役社長
理事
小林 武史 KOBAYASHI Takeshi
音楽プロデューサー
監事
亀岡 隆幸 KAMEOKA Takayuki
税理士

公益財団法人 現代芸術振興財団
Contemporary Art Foundation (Public Interest Corporation)
The Contemporary Art Foundation supports and develops the activities of artists and musicians.
In doing so, the Contemporary Art Foundation aims at the broad development of contemporary art.
http://gendai-art.org/en/
http://gendai-art.org/pdf/teikan.pdf
http://gendai-art.org/pdf/statement2016.pdf
Founder / President: Yusaku Maezawa, CEO, ZOZO, Inc
Councilor: Yasuaki Ishizaka, Chairman & Managing director, Sotheby’s Japan
Councilor: Masamichi Katayama, President, WonderWall Co., Ltd.
Councilor: MEG, Musician
Director: Sadayuki Maezawa, Chairman of the Contemporary Art Foundation board of directors
Director: Yumi Sato, President, Keizaikai Co., Ltd.
Director: Takeshi Kobayashi, Music producer
Auditor: Takayuki Kameoka, Certified tax accountant

In the context of Japanese art historical archiving and documentation on ART+CULTURE:







2017年10月31日(火)~2017年11月5日(日)
『第4回CAF賞展』 @ 代官山ヒルサイドフォーラム
Japanese billionaire sends $110m Basquiat on ‘world tour’
Yusaku Maezawa broke the news on Instagram, saying he hopes the work will be “loved by people all over the world”
Anny Shaw
7th November 2017 15:14 GMT
The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has sent his prized 1982 skull painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat on a world tour, just five months after he bought it for a record $110m (with fees) at Sotheby’s in New York.
Writing on Instagram, the 41-year-old entrepreneur says: “Good-bye for a while my Basquiat. I am hoping that you will be loved by people all over the world and move the hearts of people around the world. See you again soon. Have a good trip! #JeanMichelBasquiat #worldtour #imissyou.”
It is not clear where the painting will be shown, but Maezawa has always been open about his intentions to share his art. He posted on Instagram directly after the auction in May: “I am happy to announce that I just won this masterpiece. When I first encountered this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art. I want to share that experience with as many people as possible.”
After travelling the world, the untitled canvas looks set to go on permanent display in Japan. According to Sotheby’s: “The painting will eventually be housed in a museum based in Mr. Maezawa’s hometown of Chiba.”
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/yusaku-maezawa-sends-dollar110m-basquiat-on-world-tour

https://macg.roppongihills.com/jp/exhibitions/basquiat/



Sotheby’s Unveils $35 M. Basquiat Set to Make Auction Debut in May 2021
The painting shows influence from Basquiat’s time in Modena, Italy, where he had his first solo show, at Galleria d’Arte Emilio Mazzoli in 1981. The title of the piece references the Renaissance-era Medici family, and it has some of the signature Basquiat motifs—a full skeletal figure, a crown, anatomical drawings and scrawled phrases in the background—that are coveted by collectors.
“In Versus Medici, Basquiat melds the political and art historical as he consciously stages a reckoning with the Westernized ideal of visual culture and was intent on mastering and commandeering the accepted ‘rules’ of art history in order to break them,” Grégoire Billault, Sotheby’s New York head of contemporary art, in a statement.
Painted when the artist was just 22 years old, it has remained in the same private collection since 1990 and has never been sold at auction. Prior to 1990, the work was previously owned by the late Belgian art collector Stephane Janssen, an early promoter of the CoBrA movement, who purchased it from Larry Gagosian during a studio visit with Basquiat in 1982. It was featured in the 2017 exhibition “Intuition” at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice and 2019 in “Basquiat” at the Mori Art Center Gallery in Tokyo, see the above picture.
Basquiat’s paintings from 1982 are the most valuable ones by him on the market, with nine of his most expensive works sold at auction made that year. The announcement follows Christie’s sale of Basquiat’s 1982 painting Warrior, from the collection of Aby Rosen, for $41.9 million on Tuesday in Hong Kong. That work has appreciated in value by 381 percent since its last sale, in 2012, where it made $8.7 million.
2018
Further on, from Japan’s art market perspective, one wonders why collector MAEZAWA Yusaku, several weeks ago, bought one painting of Bradford for the sum of around 4 Mio US$ at Hauser & Wirth, Hongkong.

(instagram.com/p/BhFsbfUDjKN/?hl=en&taken-by=yusaku2020)
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Mark Bradford + Kerry James Marshall: ‘Black Art’ for American Art Flippers
https://art-culture.world/cultural-essays/mark-bradford-kerry-james-marshall-black-art-for-american-art-flippers/

https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/1042001887250210816

「ZOZOTOWN」前澤社長 月へ 米「スペースX」宇宙船で
2018年9月18日 19時13分
アメリカの宇宙開発のベンチャー企業「スペースX」は、民間人を宇宙船に乗せて月を周回する計画について発表し、最初の搭乗者が、衣料品通販サイト「ZOZOTOWN」の運営会社社長、前澤友作さんになると明らかにしました。人を乗せた宇宙船が月を周回するのはNASA=アメリカ航空宇宙局が進めたアポロ計画以来で、民間企業としては初めてです。



http://news.livedoor.com/article/image_detail/15321368/?img_id=18798284
ARTnews の「トップ200コレクターズ」」2018 THE TOP 200 COLLECTORS (ARTnews 2018)
https://art-culture.world/art-world/the-top-200-collectors-artnews-2018/
I saw the same painting in June at the entrance of the booth of LÉVY GORVY at ART BASEL, Switzerland. Prominently displayed in an eye-catching position, easily recognizable for potential collectors and the 95.000 visitors.
As this only 7 years old painting by Mark Grotjahn “Untitled (Yellow and Green Low Fall Face 41.80)” failed to find a buyer either at ART BASEL or 4 months later at Christie’s, I may hereby conclude that the darling of American Art Flippers couldn’t find any dumb European speculator with deep pockets.
The low estimate was US$ 7.8.million, which means a deal could have been done at around US$ 6.3 million in the post-sale environment.
Japanese collector Mr. MAEZAWA Yusaku 前澤友作氏 posed with great pride in front of Mark Grotjahn’s triptych which he seems to have bought directly from the artist’s studio for around US$ 45 million. In the actual art market matrix he could have had purchased the work for about US$ 18 million, – hence a whopping loss of US$ 27 million could be now “socialized” via his tax bureau.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZP_k8VDcW5/?taken-by=yusaku2020
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前澤友作の米国アーティスト・ダーリン、マーク・グロッチャンの作品:クリスティーズのロンドン・オークションで下落
MAEZAWA Yusaku’s American Artist Darling Mark Grotjahn @ Christie’s London & Lévy Gorvy : Sharp Depreciation
https://art-culture.world/reviews/maezawa-yusaku-mark-grotjahn-christies/




http://gendai-art.org/pdf/businessplan2016.pdf
はじめに 「現代アート」は、歴史も浅く、作品の展示機会は相対的に乏しく、一般市民の認知を十
分に得られていないのが現状である。この現状を踏まえ、現代芸術(アート・音楽)を普及 させるべく現代アート芸術展の開催による現代芸術の普及と、現代芸術振興のために若手芸 術家・音楽家への助成支援を行った。また、コンクール形式により将来性のある若手芸術家 を発掘する表彰事業を今年度より行った。
今年度も円滑な法人運営のため、法人基盤の確立に力を入れるとともに、継続的に行える 活動として 3 つの事業を柱とした。

PROPERTY OF DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR YUSAKU MAEZAWA
Jean-Michel Basquiat
INFANTRY
Estimate    30,000,000 — 40,000,000 HKD
LOT SOLD. 46,680,000 HKD
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 – 1988
INFANTRY
signed and titled in English and dated 1983 on the reverse, framed
acrylic on canvas
165 by 230.5 cm; 65 by 90¾ in.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/tttop-hk0701/lot.623.html

http://gendai-art.org/pdf/businessplan2016.pdf
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サザビーズとクリスティーズのオークションに夢中になっている前澤友作
MAEZAWA Yusaku, crazy about auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s
https://art-culture.world/art-world/maezawa-yusaku-crazy-about-auctions-at-sothebys-and-christies/
2019





ZOZO前澤氏「どうしても宇宙に行きたい」–涙ながらに語った退任への思い
山川晶之 (編集部)2019年09月12日 21時56分
https://japan.cnet.com/article/35142623/

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前澤友作コレクションですが、これで終わりか? Is this the end of the ‘MAEZAWA Yusaku Collection’?
https://art-culture.world/art-world/end-of-the-maezawa-yusaku-collection/
Maezawa, who owns 36 percent of ZOZO’s outstanding shares (which lost 50% of their value in one year), according to data compiled by Bloomberg, has steadily increased the amount of his stock holdings pledged as collateral in loan agreements to the banks mentioned above. The ratio was 88 percent in February, according to regulatory filings with the nation’s financial watchdog.
The coming months will be fun to watch. Maezawa cashes in some private money through his (not very convincing) art collection, because he actually is forced to do it.

https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/1124563586850836480

Yusaku Maezawa (MZ) 前澤友作 @yousuck2020
村上隆さん。会社見学、物流センター見学からのお食事。楽しかった。
11:34 PM – 8 Dec 2016
https://twitter.com/yousuck2020/status/806869602785333249






前澤友作、今日、「アートは自由だ。」 Yusaku Maezawa today’s Twitter posting “Art is liberty.”
https://art-culture.world/art-world/yusaku-maezawa-art-is-liberty/
2021



前澤友作さんのオークションで毎回登場する代理人の寺瀬由紀さん
Sotheby’s Harsh Reshuffle: After Amy Cappellazzo and Kevin Ching, Next Prominent Figure TERASE Yuki Bites the Dust
サザビーズのコンテンポラリーアート部門アジア地区部長・寺瀬由紀氏を巡って
https://art-culture.world/art-world/terase-yuki-寺瀬由紀/
前澤友作とアダム・リンデマンのアート・ビジネスを巡り:




American Adam Lindemann sold Japanese MAEZAWA Yusaku the below work by Basquiat through auction practice:




New York Times
A Collector’s-Eye View of the Auctions
By ROBIN POGREBIN, MAY 15, 2016
quotes:
Twenty-four hours after Adam Lindemann sold a Jean-Michel Basquiat at Christie’s for $57.3 million — an auction record for the artist — he found himself in the role of bidder as selling began for a 1942 Calder standing mobile at Sotheby’s last Wednesday night.
…
Mr. Lindemann’s decision to sell the Basquiat was therefore carefully considered. Given the uncertainty in the market, it could have seemed like a risky time to sell one of the most valuable pieces in his collection. But Christie’s had a buyer who had committed to paying at least $40 million for the piece. And Mr. Lindemann said the moment was actually opportune, given the lack of competition from other major consignments.
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#USABS U.S. ARTY BULL SHIT. NFTデジタル・アーティスト ビープル:「美術史の流れを変えたい」や「悪役である」というメリット
#USABS。NFT Digital Artist Beeple: “I want to change the course of art history” and the merit of “being the bad guy”
https://art-culture.world/art-world/nft-beeple-digital-artist-ビープル/
Resold by Maezawa?

2022

2023
He did it again. Japan’s most famous art flipper, MAEZAWA Yusaku 前澤友作. After having sold most of his art collection, he appears again with a big feature in the April edition of the Japanese magazine GOETHE.
Once upon a time Maezawa has been highly respected as a serious collector, who publicly promised in building a museum in Chiba (close to Tokyo) to share his collection with the interested Japanese population.
It was all fake. All lies. He sold his collection and didn’t build a museum. The actual, newly assembled collection is almost of MINOR artistic value, means, sorry for my harsh words, “Maezawa has no eye and no money”.


前澤友作コレクション MAEZAWA Yusaku Collection
https://goetheweb.jp/person/article/20230311-yusaku-maezawa





有名なアート・フリッパー前澤友作の新アート・コレクション @ ゲーテ雑誌2023年4号
Famous art flipper MAEZAWA Yusaku and his new art collection @ Magazine GOETHE April 2023
https://art-culture.world/art-world/maezawa-yusaku-art-collection/


朝日新聞 2018年3月13日、芸術文化勲章オフィシエ章
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