noun an apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
2. salon ·add. ·noun 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 societe nationale des beaux-arts (national society of fine arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the societe des artistes francais (society of french artists).