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The Róng Museum of Art and founding director Pi Li have appointed Freya Chou, Li Jia, and Susanna Zhu as curators ahead of the institution’s slated opening in the second half of 2027.
\n\n\n\nCurrently under construction as a private venture of Ma Huateng, the founder of technology company Tencent, the museum will focus on the visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The 53-metres-high, the 4,500-square-metre institution has been designed by Büro Ole Scheeren.
\n\n\n\nChou and Li Jia will oversee the museum’s research, exhibitions, and public programs. Recent curatorial projects by Chou include Hong Kong artist Ellen Pau’s first major survey exhibition at SculptureCenter, New York (2026), the 13th Taipei Biennial (2023), and Hong Kong’s participation at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
\n\n\n\nLi Jia previously served as deputy director of Pace Beijing (2012–2015) and senior curator at Taikang Space (2015–2020).
\n\n\n\nSusanna Zhu will lead the museum’s learning and public engagement initiatives, moving from the Zishi ESG Garden Community Museum of Sustainability where she was director
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