salon

A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.

Matisse showed in every autumn salon and every independent. He was beginning to have a considerable following. Picasso, on the contrary, never in all his life has shown in any salon. His pictures at that time could really only be seen at 27 rue de Fleurus.

A beauty salon or similar establishment.