Translation of "salon" into English

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.

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.