salon

‖n. [ F. See Saloon. ] 1. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the
Old Salon.
New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]