BTS' RM to debut personal art collection in SFMOMA exhibition

Driving the news: The exhibition will feature 200 works from both RM and SFMOMA's collections, putting modern Korean artworks in dialogue with contemporary pieces from around the world.

• Artists to be showcased include Dansaekhwa pioneer Yun Hyong-keun, ink painter Park Rehyun, abstract painter Kim Whanki and modernist Georgia O'Keefe.
• SFMOMA will host the exhibition from October 2026 to February 2027. RM curates the collection alongside SFMOMA's América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim.

What they're saying: "We live in an age defined by boundaries. This exhibition at SFMOMA reflects those boundaries: between East and West, Korea and America, the modern and the contemporary, the personal and the universal," RM said in a statement.

• "My only hope is that this exhibition can be a small but sturdy bridge for many."

The big picture: BTS burst onto the music scene in 2013 and has since built a massive global following with hit after hit. RM has 49 million followers on Instagram alone.

• The rapper often shares reflections on his visits to art museums and wrote in a Thursday Instagram post that "it feels both humbling and meaningful to now prepare this exhibition."
• RM, who completed his mandatory military service in June, said SFMOMA reached out to him about the collaboration at the end of last year.
• The "excitement still comes vividly to mind, as if I were sketching out countless ideas all over again," he added. "I would be honored if you could visit with an open heart."