BTS' RM to Curate SFMOMA Exhibition 2026

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced “RM x SFMOMA,” a co‑curated exhibition led by BTS member RM with SFMOMA curators América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim, scheduled to run October 2026 through February 2027. SFMOMA says the U.S.-only presentation will bring roughly 200 works from RM’s personal collection together with pieces from the museum’s holdings, marking the first public display of RM’s collection and a rare instance of a global K-pop artist curating at a major museum; one report suggested an earlier October 2025 start. The selection pairs seminal and underknown Korean modern and contemporary artists — including Yun Hyong‑keun, Park Rehyun, Chang Ucchin, Kwon Okyon, To Sangbong, Kim Yun Shin and highlights of Kim Whanki — with Western modernists from SFMOMA’s collection such as Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Klee. SFMOMA said the installation offers an unprecedented opportunity to view modern Korean art in conversation with international works and to prompt new discoveries about viewers’ relationships with art. RM framed the project as reflecting boundaries between East and West and the modern and contemporary, saying he hopes the exhibition can serve as “a small but sturdy bridge” that welcomes multiple perspectives.