Tag: corcoran fine arts

Corcoran Fine Arts presents: New Directions: Langston Wesley, Contemporary Cleveland School

The paintings and drawings of Langston Wesley, a Cleveland resident who attended Stanford University, will be featured at a gallery opening at Corcoran Fine Arts through July 15. Langston’s artistic endeavors started with drawings he produced spontaneously during his early years. Langston, an African American, spent his childhood on Chicago’s South Side. Without formal training, he immersed himself in the […]

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Cleveland dealer brokers loan of Cleveland School work to Museum of Industrial History

One of the great challenges in museums is telling a story. The recently opened National Museum of Industrial History—a Smithsonian affiliate, located in Bethlehem, PA—gets some story telling help from sculpture by Cleveland Schooler Max Kalish. The piece is on loan there from a private collector in Chicago, via Cleveland-based Corcoran Fine Arts, until February, 2017. The loan sheds interesting […]

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Charitable Donations of Works of Art: A Primer for Donors and Prospective Donors

Americans are the most generous donors of art to non-profit institutions in the world. This is due in large part to tax benefits for the donors making such gifts. In this article, we will discuss Charitable Donations of personal property, the computation of the tax benefit, and the various IRS rules and regulations regarding Charitable Donations. Although many Charitable Donations […]

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