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==Contemporary Art Foundation==

Maezawa is the founder of the Tokyo-based Contemporary Art Foundation, which he started in 2012 with a goal of "supporting young artists as a pillar of the next generation of contemporary art."<ref name="gendai-art1">{{cite web|url=http://gendai-art.org/en/|title=Contemporary Art Foundation (Public Interest Corporation)|website=Contemporary Art Foundation|access-date=18 May 2016|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723081143/http://gendai-art.org/en/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Contemporary Art Foundation currently hosts collection shows twice a year. In May 2016, Maezawa attracted significant media attention with a record purchase price at auction of $57.3 million for an [[Untitled (Devil)|''Untitled'']] (1982) artwork of a devil by [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], and broke a record again in May 2017 with a $110.5 million auction for another ''[[Untitled (1982 Basquiat skull painting)|Untitled]]'' (1982) of a skull by the same artist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2017/05/19/meet-the-japanese-e-commerce-billionaire-who-just-spent-110-5-million-on-a-basquiat-painting/|title=Meet The Japanese E-Commerce Billionaire Who Just Spent $110.5 Million On A Basquiat Painting|first=Michela|last=Tindera|website=Forbes|date=19 May 2017 |access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110120133/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2017/05/19/meet-the-japanese-e-commerce-billionaire-who-just-spent-110-5-million-on-a-basquiat-painting/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the same 2016 auction, Maezawa bought pieces by [[Bruce Nauman]], [[Alexander Calder]], [[Richard Prince]], and [[Jeff Koons]], spending a total of $98 million over two days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/12/business/collector-maezawa-drops-98-million-art-two-days/|title=Collector Maezawa drops $98 million on art in two days|last=Kazakina|first=Katya|date=12 May 2016|newspaper=The Japan Times Online|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763|access-date=18 May 2016|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107230452/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/12/business/collector-maezawa-drops-98-million-art-two-days/|url-status=live}}</ref> Maezawa plans to open a contemporary art museum in [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], which will house his collection.<ref name="gendai-art1" />. In 2022, Maezawa [https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/05/18/billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-sells-basquiat-painting-for-85-million-as-market-for-artists-work-heats-up/?sh=1d8f4daba26f sold a Basquiat Painting] (Untitled) for $85 Million.

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