Emily Wei Rales

Emily Wei Rales
Emily Wei Rales in 2018
Rales in 2018
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materWellesley College
OccupationArt curator
TitleDirector, Glenstone
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​

Emily Wei Rales (born 1976) is a Canadian-American art curator and historian. She is the director of Glenstone, an art museum in Potomac, Maryland, which she founded along with her husband, the American businessman Mitchell Rales.[1][2]

Early life

Rales was born Emily Wei in 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. She became interested in art while studying at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, eventually graduating with a degree in art history and Chinese studies.[citation needed]

Career

Rales's art career began as an intern at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Rales then worked at Barbara Gladstone's gallery and the J.J. Lally & Co gallery in New York, where she specialized in Chinese antiquities. Rales also ran a small non-profit called "Hudson Clearing", which produced small exhibitions in temporary spaces.[3]

Personal life

Rales met the American businessman Mitchell Rales in 2005 and began to work for him soon after. They married in 2008 and reside at Glenstone in Potomac, Maryland.[4][3] She is a director of the non-profit Foundation for Contemporary Arts.[5] The couple signed the Giving Pledge in 2019.[6]

References

  1. ^ Sussman, Anna Louie (25 September 2018). "Inside the $200 Million Expansion of America's New Must-See Museum". Artsy. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ Moynihan, Colin (6 September 2018). "Contractor Sues Glenstone Museum Foundation for $24 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Lipsky-Karasz, Elisa (2017-11-29). "The Most Influential Art Collectors You've Never Heard Of". Wall Street Journal Magazine. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ Edgers, Geoff (2018-09-24). "Meet the very wealthy, very private couple behind Washington's most original museum". Washington Post Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  5. ^ "ARTnews in Brief: Foundation for Contemporary Arts Establishes New Painting Prize Named for Helen Frankenthaler—and More from January 6, 2020". ARTnews.com. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ^ "Emily and Mitchell Rales". givingpledge.org. Retrieved 9 March 2023.