Translation of "Salon" into English

Manet era solito dire che il suo campo di battaglia era il Salon, l'esposizione d'arte statale.

Manet used to say his battlefield was a Salon, the state run art exhibition.

In vostra assenza, siete stata invitata a tre cene e salon, la prossima settimana.

In your absence, you received three invitations to dinner parties and salons for the next week.