“BTS’ RM Has Been Included in Apollo Magazine’s 40 under 40. He is under the “Collectors” category list. According to Apollo Magazine The 40 individuals and collectives celebrated here, all under the age of 40, are shaping the future of art, transforming how it is made, experienced, bought and sold in both local and global contexts.
According to Apollo, Experts across the world provided a longlist of nominations, from which the 40 winners were selected by a panel of distinguished judges with broad and deep knowledge of art-making across the region: artist Lee Bul; Tony Ellwood, director of the National Gallery of Victoria; the acclaimed curators Shihoko Iida, Daehyung Lee and Carol Yinghua Lu; and director of Museum MACAN Aaron Seeto.
“Art embraces the world of dream and disorder’, ‘It creates awareness and opens a window for how we perceive the world” RM
Apollo Magazine writes
“A member of the K-Pop sensation BTS, RM is also a major philanthropist of the arts, with a special focus on South Korean artists. His collection includes works by major abstract artists such as Youngkuk Yoo, Hyong-keun Yoon, Kim Whanki and Tschang-yeul Kim.” Apollo Magazine
“In 2020, the Arts Council of Korea named him the ‘Art Sponsor of the Year’ for his donation to Seoul’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, which went towards reprinting art publications to be distributed to public libraries across the country.” Apollo Magazine
“Last September, he donated 100m Korean won ($71,530) to the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF), which will go towards the restoration of a Joseon-era royal gown in the Los royal gown in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.” Apollo Magazine
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