“I kind of look at the abstract impressionists as being to the art world what my brother and I were to the business world. . . It was these two young guys doing what they were doing, people said, ‘Something must be wrong. They did not pay their dues.”
— Mitchell Rales, one of Washington’s quietest billionaires, explaining why he got into modern art. His desire to open his world-class collection in Potomac to the public has forced the secretive venture capitalist to start schmoozing for once — in hopes of getting a county sewer extension to the museum. Read more in Miranda Spivack’s story: Art collector Mitchell Rales’s grand design hangs up over sewer issue
Read earlier: Washington billionaires: Who are they, and how do they spend it?, 3/9/12
Looking for Tuesday’s Reliable Source column? Start here: Bob Kerrey’s wife, Sarah Paley, rues his political career, disses Nebraska, in Vogue essay
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