EMILY WEI RALES
Glenstone Founder And Director
The Glenstone founder and director is building a Frick Collection for the 21st century—and outside of New York—while redefining what we expect from art institutions in fraught times.
WHAT’S ONE BOOK, WORK OF ART, OR FILM THAT GOT YOU THROUGH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE? Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark is the book I reach for when I feel disillusionment creeping in. There is always a way through. The work never stops, it just recalibrates.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF IN YOUR INDUSTRY? LESS OF? We need more mutual aid in museums and arts organizations. Roadblocks of all kinds—cultural, financial, conceptual—keep us from collaborating and leveraging our respective strengths.
“How to make sure that art and culture remain vital and thriving in America.”
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR? Rushing off to ballet class every day after school. Dance shaped my childhood. It taught me discipline, excellence, and grace under pressure.
WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT? How to make sure that art and culture remain vital and thriving in America.
in your life?
