RM From BTS Will Curate an SFMOMA Exhibit in 2026

Fans recently spotted RM from the K-pop juggernaut BTS at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, taking in the woven sculptures of local icon Ruth Asawa. Now we know why.

The Korean rapper is partnering with the museum for a new exhibit that will open in October 2026. Simply titled RM x SFMOMA, it will bring together 200 artworks from the museum and RM’s personal collection.

“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. “I don’t want to prescribe how these works should be seen; whether out of curiosity or study, all perspectives are welcome. My only hope is that this exhibition can be a small but sturdy bridge for many.”

RM will co-curate the exhibition with SFMOMA’s América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim. It will feature Korean artists active throughout the 20th century and beyond, such as Yun Hyong-keun, Park Rehyun, Kwon Okyon, Kim Yun Shin, To Sangbong and Chang Ucchin. Their works will be in conversation with pieces from SFMOMA’s collection by Kim Whanki, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Klee.

The project marks a new creative phase for RM, who recently completed his Korean military service along with several of his bandmates. His 2024 solo album, Right Place, Wrong Person, leaned into jazz-hip–hop fusion and included features from U.K. rapper Little Simz and Californian experimental singer-songwriter Moses Sumney. A BTS reunion album is rumored to be in the works.

RM x SFMOMA will be on view through February 2027.