TL;DR
- K-Pop star RM (of BTS) is collaborating with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to debut an exhibition of his personal art collection under the title “RM x SFMOMA.”
- The exhibit will run from October 2026 through February 2027, and present approximately 200 works drawn from RM’s holdings and SFMOMA’s collection.
- Works include modern and contemporary Korean artists alongside global art masters — putting East and West into dialogue.
- RM serves as co-curator, working with SFMOMA curators América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim.
- The exhibition is being billed as a bridge across cultural boundaries and an opportunity to see RM’s taste and vision in a museum context.
What is RM x SFMOMA — and how did it come about?
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) officially announced RM x SFMOMA in October 2025, representing a first-of-its-kind collaboration in which RM’s private art collection will be publicly exhibited in the U.S. RM will curate the show alongside SFMOMA staff curators América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim.
During its run from October 2026 to February 2027, the exhibition will showcase around 200 works, interweaving RM’s own collection with selections from SFMOMA’s holdings. Many of the works from RM’s collection have never been publicly exhibited before.
RM has stated that he views this exhibition as reflecting boundaries — between East and West, the modern and the contemporary, the personal and the universal. He hopes the show will act as “a small but sturdy bridge for many.”
What kinds of works will be shown — and which artists are involved?
The exhibition is designed to juxtapose Korean modern and contemporary art from RM’s collection with major works in SFMOMA’s archives to spark dialogue.
From RM’s side, featured artists include Yun Hyong-keun, Park Rehyun, Kwon Okyon, Kim Yun Shin, To Sangbong, Chang Ucchin, among others. SFMOMA will contribute works from American and European masters — names like Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe, Paul Klee — as well as Korean abstractionist Kim Whanki.
The curatorial arrangement will highlight resonances — visual, conceptual, formal — between the works, rather than treating them as separate silos.
