{"id":6432,"date":"2025-06-18T21:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangtanfacts.com\/?p=6432"},"modified":"2025-06-18T21:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:18:26","slug":"rms-love-for-art-samsung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boradaily.news\/?p=6432","title":{"rendered":"RM\u2019s Love for Art: Namjoon\u2019s Artistic Return After Military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The leader of BTS is back \u2014 not with a comeback stage, but with a canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RM\u2019s Love for Art Turns the World Into a Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just months after finishing military service, <a href=\"https:\/\/boradaily.news\/bts-rm\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"65\">Kim Namjoon<\/a> has stepped into a new role as the global ambassador for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/tvs\/the-frame\/highlights1\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/tvs\/the-frame\/highlights1\/\">Samsung\u2019s Art TVs<\/a>, proving once again that art is more than a hobby for him \u2014 it\u2019s home. And with his appearance at Art Basel 2025, one of the world\u2019s most prestigious art fairs, he\u2019s not just observing anymore. He\u2019s shaping the global conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even before this announcement, ARMY knew RM\u2019s love for art ran deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[BTS VLOG] RM | \ubbf8\uc220\uad00 VLOG\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nxUOxsimI8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kim Namjoon is a Poet in a Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s the kind of person who shares Polaroids of quiet gallery corners, who posts about his favourite painters, who buys sculptures not to show off wealth, but to live among beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m someone who gets comfort from stillness,\u201d he once said.<br>\u201cArt doesn\u2019t shout. It waits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This softness \u2014 this contemplative way of seeing \u2014 is precisely why his new partnership with Samsung makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turning Technology Into a Gallery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the <strong>Samsung Art TV<\/strong> collaboration, RM will guide viewers through curated artwork via personal commentary. Think of it as a private tour, only the gallery is your living room, and the voice in your ear is Namjoon\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do we love most?<br>He\u2019s not just naming pieces. He\u2019s inviting us to <strong>feel them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s helping everyday people, not just art collectors, connect with creativity in their homes, just as <a href=\"https:\/\/boradaily.news\/tag\/bts\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"49\">BTS<\/a> helped us connect with ourselves through their music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Art Basel 2025 Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On June 18<\/strong>, RM appeared in Switzerland for a special talk at <strong>Art Basel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not just an idol attending an event.<br>That\u2019s a Korean artist and global voice being invited into one of the most respected spaces in the contemporary art world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a reminder:<br>Namjoon isn\u2019t only part of BTS\u2019s future.<br>He\u2019s a part of the world\u2019s cultural future, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>When we say art, I think a lot of people, a lot of audiences think it&#8217;s a very high level of something.<br>But art is already here in our insides, and I think it&#8217;s everywhere. <\/p><cite>RM ar Art Basel 2025<br>RM_ArtTVSAMSUNG<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What This Says About Namjoon\u2019s Next Chapter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RM once said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI want to live as a human who makes beautiful things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This new role \u2014 this quiet, graceful re-entry into the public eye \u2014 feels like the beginning of precisely that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No forced noise. No chase for attention.<br>Just slow art. Soft impact. Big meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For ARMY, It\u2019s Always Been About More Than Music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever watched a behind-the-scenes clip of Namjoon gazing at paintings or quietly journaling in a park, you know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>He\u2019s teaching us that <strong>stillness is powerful<\/strong>.<br>That depth doesn\u2019t always need volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in a world that moves fast, his way of seeing \u2014 really seeing \u2014 might be the most radical thing of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/intersections-the-art-basel-podcast\/episodes\/a39c1a2a-5fd4-446e-960c-734ff47b4160\/embed?theme=dark-custom\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Intersections Season 2, Episode 1: RM (Kim Nam-joon) &#8211; BTS Leader<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RM\u2019s Love for Art:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>RM have often mentioned the following works by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vincent van Gogh<\/strong> \u2013 <em>A Starry Night (Over the Rh\u00f4ne)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Claude Monet<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Meules<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00c9douard Manet<\/strong> \u2013 <em>D\u00e9jeuner sur l\u2019Herbe<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Camille Pissarro<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Paysage \u00e0 Chaponval<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gustave Courbet<\/strong>, <strong>Antoine Bourdelle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdKG3noP5av\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdKG3noP5av\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by RM (@rkive)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RM&#8217;s Art Collection and Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Confirmed Owned Works<\/strong> by Kim Namjoon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These are artworks RM is known to have personally purchased or displayed in his home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Roni Horn<\/strong><br><em>Untitled (But the boomerang that returns is not the same one I threw)<\/em> (2013\u20132017)<br>\u2192 Translucent glass sculpture inspired by <em>Sputnik Sweetheart<\/em> by Haruki Murakami.<br>\u2192 Purchased from Xavier Hufkens Gallery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yun Hyong-keun<\/strong><br>\u2192 Two works shown in his home.<br>\u2192 Korean minimalist painter known for deep earthy tones and meditative brushwork.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lee Bae<\/strong><br>\u2192 Charcoal-based work. One piece in his home, another displayed at HYBE headquarters.<br>\u2192 RM is also featuring Lee in an upcoming photo book.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joel Shapiro<\/strong><br>\u2192 Sculpture seen in RM\u2019s home. Known for abstract, dynamic human-like forms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ugo Rondinone<\/strong><br>\u2192 Smaller sculpture from <em>Nuns and Monks<\/em> series.<br>\u2192 RM previously visited <em>Seven Magic Mountains<\/em> in Las Vegas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Artworks RM Visited or Admired<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These pieces\/artists were spotlighted in his vlog or Instagram, though not necessarily owned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nam June Paik<\/strong><br>\u2192 Works featured at Art Basel Unlimited and Paik Center. RM has shared several of his pieces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yoo Youngkuk<\/strong><br>\u2192 Visited his exhibition at Kukje Gallery in Seoul. A pioneering Korean abstract artist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lee Seung Jio<\/strong><br>\u2192 Highlighted at Art Basel. Known for geometric abstraction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do Ho Suh<\/strong><br>\u2192 Korean contemporary artist noted for architectural fabric sculptures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alexander Calder<\/strong><br>\u2192 RM praised him as a \u201cpioneer of innovative mobiles.\u201d<br>\u2192 Seen works at Art Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, and Fondation Beyeler (<em>The Tree<\/em> stabile).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alberto Giacometti<\/strong><br>\u2192 Sculptures seen at Fondation Beyeler and Centre Pompidou.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Philip Guston<\/strong><br>\u2192 \u201cAt the Table\u201d (1969) seen at Art Basel.<br>\u2192 RM previously read Robert Storr\u2019s book on Guston and visited \u201cPhilip Guston Now\u201d in Boston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Francis Al\u00ffs<\/strong><br><em>Case #4 (North Korea\u2013South Korea)<\/em> from \u201cBorder Barriers Typology\u201d<br>\u2192 Depicts the Korean DMZ. Seen at Art Basel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Donald Judd<\/strong><br>\u2192 \u201cForty Found Fakes\u201d at Art Basel Unlimited. RM also visited the Chinati Foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Felix Gonzalez-Torres<\/strong><br>\u2192 Joint exhibition with Roni Horn at Pinault Collection, Paris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zao Wou-Ki<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Katz<\/strong>, <strong>Louise Bourgeois<\/strong> (<em>Spider<\/em>, 1996), <strong>Isamu Noguchi<\/strong> (<em>Akari Light Sculptures<\/em>)<br>\u2192 All featured at Art Basel and admired by RM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On Kawara<\/strong><br>\u2192 Known for his \u201cToday Series.\u201d RM saw works at Kunstmuseum Basel and previously at Dia:Beacon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frank Stella<\/strong><br>\u2192 Abstract painting seen during Picasso\u2013El Greco exhibit at Kunstmuseum Basel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Piet Mondrian<\/strong><br>\u2192 Guided fans through a Mondrian exhibition. Commented on <em>New York City<\/em> (1942) at Centre Pompidou.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The above collection tells us RM&#8217;s love for art runs deep. This curated list of artworks and artists featured in RM\u2019s collection, highlighted through his recent vlog, Instagram posts, and travels, and why he is the perfect person to become the Samsung Art TV ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of BTS is back \u2014 not with a comeback stage, but with a canvas. 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