Emily Wei Rales | |
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_(cropped_to_Emily_Wei_Rales).jpg) Rales in 2018 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College |
| Occupation | Art curator |
| Title | Director,Glenstone |
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Emily Wei Rales (born 1976) is a Canadian-Americanart curator and historian. She is the director ofGlenstone, an art museum inPotomac, Maryland, which she founded along with her husband, the American businessmanMitchell Rales.[1][2]
Rales was born Emily Wei in 1976 inVancouver,British Columbia, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. She became interested in art while studying atWellesley College inWellesley, Massachusetts, eventually graduating with a degree in art history and Chinese studies.[citation needed]
Rales's art career began as an intern at theSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Rales then worked atBarbara 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]
Rales met the American businessmanMitchell Rales in 2005 and began to work for him soon after. They married in 2008 and reside at Glenstone inPotomac, Maryland.[4][3] She is a director of the non-profitFoundation for Contemporary Arts.[5] The couple signed theGiving Pledge in 2019.[6]
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