The BTS musician and avid collector has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the preservation and promotion of Korean cultural heritage

The set of five richly coloured lacquer vessels by artist Chung Haecho will go on show in the New York museum this December

The Bangtan Boys musician was recognised for donating $90,400 to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul last September

The curator of the global public art collaboration Connect, BTS suggests that new definitions of art are required to democratise it

The project in Brooklyn Bridge Park is a commission of BTS Connect, an international public arts initiative funded by the Korean boyband