"Loneliness can be unbearable, especially when we are not alone," opens She then turned away., an experimental short story underpinning the latest exhibition by occasional curator and writer James Salomon at Carol Corey Fine Art in the posh lakeside getaway of Kent, CT. "It had been a long, rugged journey, she dropped her bags on the rug to sit on the sofa."

 For the occasion, Salomon sought a co-curator in Benoist F. Drut — proprietor of premier New York City-based French Art Deco gallery Maison Gerard, who Salomon knows through his own career as Director of Design Projects at Achille Salvagni Atelier on Madison Avenue, making impossibly elegant homes even more fabulous. The duo's collaboration deftly blurs the oft-debated delineation between art and design, harmonizing otherwise disparate pieces like a powerful Kara Walker print alongside sumptuous works by local talents like Cynthia Wick,

Richard Pasquarelli, John Gordon Gauld, Tina Scepanovic, Peter Gerakaris — and artists from Corey's roster.* Solomon handled the walls and Drut the furniture, mostly from Maison Gerard.

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Exhibition Review, Interview, June 30, 2023. By Vittoia Benzine.

“In Conversation with James Salomon on the Latest Exhibition He Curated at Carol Corey Fine Art.”