Salon des Refusés 2014 is an exhibition of artwork rejected from the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.

Following the tradition of the 19th century Parisian Salon des Refusés, (when Napoleon let rejected works be exhibited alongside those accepted ones after artists protested the Salon jury’s rejection of 3000 works), Happenstance Art & Framing is again organizing an exhibition of paintings, graphic and mixed media works, photographs and prints rejected from the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

The Summer Exhibition is a big international open call for artists. Only about 5-10% of the work submitted will be accepted for the show which means there are a lot of really good artworks which are unfortunately rejected. Salon des Refusés exhibits those - and even more, lets visitors choose the best ones - there is a democratic voting system during the show!