"X ZHU-NOWELL was appointed executive director and chief curator of Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in January 2025, after serving as its artistic director since 2023. From 2014 to 2021, they were an assistant curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where they commissioned "Wu Tsang: Anthem," 2021, and contributed to exhibitions such as "Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World," 2017-18."
"HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CURATING? Now more than ever, it concerns relational authorship: deciding whereto act, with whom, and in whose service. To curate is to actively determine how to situate oneself within a historical, institutional, and political field. WHAT WAS THE LAST SHOW YOU TRAVELED TO SEE? When I was in Beijing recently, I saw the inaugural exhibition at Dazheng's, which is both an exhibition space and the former home of Wang Dazheng, a local villager and educator."
X ZHU-NOWELL serves as executive director and chief curator of Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum, after being artistic director since 2023. Prior roles include assistant curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2014–2021), with commissions and contributions such as Wu Tsang: Anthem (2021) and Art and China After 1989 (2017–18). Curatorial practice focuses on geography, migration, and alternative institutional models, guiding RAM's Complex Geo-graphies initiative across publications, public programs, and exhibitions like Rindon Johnson: Best Synthetic Answer (2024) and Wan Hai Hotel (2024–26). The Great Camouflage, cocurated with Kandis Williams, is on view through April 26, 2026.
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