Lu Xun is the cofounder and director of the Sifang Art Museum and its surrounding architectural park in Nanjing. He is a contemporary art collector and sits on the board of the acquisition committee of Tate Modern, London. Since 2003, he has commissioned more than twenty award-winning architects and artists to promote contemporary art and architecture in China. His collaborators include Ai Weiwei, Steven Holl, Irata Isozaki, Ettore Sottsass, as well as Pritzker prize winners Ryue Nishizawa, Kazuyo Sejima, and Wang Shu. He received MA degrees from Cambridge University and the London School of Economics.