{"id":616130,"date":"2026-09-30T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616130\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:16:09","slug":"bts-rm-to-feature-personal-art-collection-at-sfmoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/616130\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; RM to feature personal art collection at SFMOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/918ef402-dd9c-44fa-94e1-1accda3658df.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1249 \/ 833; width: 100%\" alt=\"RM of K-pop boy band BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RM of K-pop boy band BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">K-pop boy band BTS&#8217; leader RM will share about 140 works from his personal art collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in an exhibition opening Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cRM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me,\u201d which will run through Feb. 7, 2027, marks the first museum exhibition of RM\u2019s personal collection and SFMOMA\u2019s first collaboration with a K-pop artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The exhibition will bring together approximately 180 works selected by RM and the museum, including pieces from his collection and SFMOMA\u2019s holdings. Most of the works collected by RM will be shown in the United States for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cThis is the first time I am sharing my collection under my own name. I think few things reveal a person as honestly as a collection they have built over a long period. In that sense, this exhibition will be quite a long self-introduction,\u201d RM said through his agency, BigHit Music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cMy collection includes many works by modern and contemporary Korean artists. Some of their names may still be unfamiliar outside Korea. I have collected with the hope of contributing a slightly better perspective and sensibility, and that process has led to this exhibition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">RM participated directly in planning and curating the exhibition, working with SFMOMA co-curators Am\u00e9rica Castillo and Kim Hyo-eun to select the works and develop the presentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">He also wrote the Korean and English exhibition texts and artwork descriptions, recorded audio guides in both languages and selected the music played in the galleries.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/63642358-f4fe-4776-b922-6fd6a064e1a6.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1024 \/ 744; width: 100%\" alt=\"\u201cWork\u201d (1982) by Yoo Young-kuk, from the collection of BTS\u2019 RM \/ Courtesy of An Chun-ho, the artist and Kukje Gallery via SFMOMA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork\u201d (1982) by Yoo Young-kuk, from the collection of BTS\u2019 RM \/ Courtesy of An Chun-ho, the artist and Kukje Gallery via SFMOMA<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">SFMOMA proposed the project after taking an interest in RM\u2019s artistic tastes and sustained engagement with contemporary art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">\u201cThis project closely aligns with SFMOMA\u2019s commitment to expanding global conversations around art,\u201d museum director Christopher Bedford said. \u201cWhile creating space for new voices at the museum, we are also inviting audiences who have encountered contemporary art and Korean art through RM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Featured Korean artists include Yun Hyong-keun, Park Re-hyun, Chang Uc-chin, Kwon Ok-yon, Kim Yun-shin and To Sang-bong. Their works will appear alongside pieces from SFMOMA\u2019s collection by Kim Whan-ki, Nam June-paik, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse and Georgia O\u2019Keeffe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Through ceramics, calligraphy, painting and sculpture, the exhibition will also trace Korean art from the sixth century to the present. SFMOMA described it as one of the most wide-ranging exhibitions of modern and contemporary Korean art presented in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RM of K-pop boy band BTS \/ Courtesy of BigHit Music K-pop boy band BTS&#8217; leader RM will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-616130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}