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Outlaws of the Canvas: The Great Disruption of 1863
The Salon des Refusés Launch a Revolution
Inside the Palais de l’Industrie, the official Paris Salon has opened its doors, and within this expanse of three football fields, the air is flush with the scent of lavender water and stale ambition. It's May 1, 1863, and the Salon has been the art world's stellar must-see-and-be-seen-in event for nearly two centuries. And just like a star that has consumed its fuel, it begins to implode. This self-glorifying entity has devoured all innovative potential surrounding it and yet its final collapse is happening in slow-motion...