BTS member RM (Kim Namjoon) will present his personal collection of modern Korean art in an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from October 3 to February 7. The show, titled "RM x SFMOMA," will feature approximately 200 works from both his holdings and the museum's collection, including pieces by Korean artists like Yun Hyong-keun, Park Rehyun, and Kim Whan-ki, alongside works by Western artists such as Mark Rothko and Agnes Martin.
The exhibition marks a significant crossover between global pop culture and the institutional art world, introducing many Korean modern artworks to a U.S. audience for the first time. It underscores the growing influence of celebrity collectors in shaping museum programming and facilitates a cultural dialogue between Korean and Western modern art, coinciding with a new partnership between SFMOMA and Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.