An Open Call for Salon des Refusés 2024

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition presents its very own Salon des Refusés 2024.

In 1863, the Paris Salon held its annual exhibition of academic arts. Thousands of artists applied but were rejected and were unable to display their work in the official Salon exhibition. It was determined that their work did not fulfill academic standards of the time. Emperor Napoleon III, who wanted the public to make the decision, organized a simultaneous exhibition of all the rejects in the Palace of Industry.  This exhibition included artists such as Manet, Cezanne, Pissarro and Whistler. The exhibition of “rejects” became famously known as the Salon des Refusés 1863.

 It is with this in mind that the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition welcomes Brooklyn artists who have received the rejection notifications from the highly anticipated "Brooklyn Artists Exhibition" at BM, to exhibit in our gallery...as it was then...let the public decide.

Welcome to Brooklyn's Salon des Refuses 2024, an art show at BWAC.

ARTISTS FOR SUBMISSIONS

• Submission Period: Wed Aug 7 until we reach capacity. All Submissions will be closed once we reach capacity.

• Gallery Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Sept 21 – Oct 13, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.

• Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept 21, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.

Complete details in the Prospectus PDF here

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