The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has opened its doors to the media for 'RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me', an exhibition drawn from the personal art collection of RM, the leader of the K-pop group BTS. The show opens to the public on 3 October 2026 and runs through 7 February 2027. At the preview on 29 September, RM spoke candidly about how the collection came together and what draws him to the works. He co-curated the exhibition himself, and it is the first museum exhibition built around his collection, spanning paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles and design works placed alongside pieces from SFMOMA's own holdings. He said his interest in collecting began about eight years ago, when he started visiting museums regularly, and that the project itself took shape during his military service two years ago, when SFMOMA approached him with the proposal. He recalled accepting straight away, joking that any offer from San Francisco at the time was impossible to turn down. RM described art as an emotional anchor for moments when he feels adrift, whether he is in the United States or in Seoul. He acknowledged mixed feelings about collecting, admitting he had wondered whether owning so many works might make him look like a wealthy person hoarding possessions; even so, he said he wanted to share the collection so that others could experience the works for themselves. On the exhibition's theme, he pointed to the balance between the personal and the universal, East and West, and the dialogue between modern and contemporary art. Visitors will also be able to follow his reflections through handwritten wall texts and a narrated audio guide. The exhibition is a significant crossover moment: the collecting habits of music and celebrity figures are increasingly treated as worthy of serious institutional attention, and SFMOMA is clearly betting that RM's global audience will discover contemporary art through his example. In return, the artist gets what collecting has always been for him: a private practice, quietly made public.