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X Zhu-Nowell is a curator, writer, and institutional practitioner, currently serving as the executive director and chief curator of the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai. Zhu-Nowell’s practice is shaped by relational authorship and an approach to exhibition-making that foregrounds contradiction, displacement, and the labor of (mis)translation. At RAM, they have led a structural shift toward a “resistant institution,” advancing artist commissions, research-led practice, and radical pedagogy through initiatives such as AUUUUDITORIUM and Complex Geographies. Recent projects include “Irena Haiduk: Nula” (2025–26), which transformed the museum into an active film set and participatory economy, and “The Great Camouflage” (2025–26), co-curated with Kandis Williams. Prior to joining RAM, Zhu-Nowell was a curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014–21), where their exhibition “Wu Tsang: Anthem” was named one of the best of 2021 by the New York Times.