Duchamp worked for a month on the painting, which he entitled "Nu Descendant un Escalier," and in February of 1912 he sent it off to the Salon des Independenants, at which the "reasonable" Cubists were also exhibiting.
MONDAY, NOV. 21 I was presenting at the International Emmys at night, so it was off to the salon in J Brand dark bootcut denim (I have about 10 pairs of them), a charcoal Vince oversize sweater, a black Neil Barrett wool and leather double-notch collar peacoat and black Chanel boots.
Exactly one year ago, I snuck off to the salon during my lunch break and got a pixie cut.
In the historical section, touchscreens allow visitors to explore the lives of influential New Yorkers from Peter Stuyvesant to Jay Z, but, appropriately, the innovation really takes off in the salon dedicated to what's to come.
Another arena where Novak was in the vanguard was hosting off-the-record salons for cash — a practice that the Washington Post announced earlier this year, before an uproar in the newsroom and public outcry caused them to reverse course.
Witness the recent uproar when The Washington Post solicited lobbyists for $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record "salons" where they could schmooze with government officials and Post journalists at the publisher's home.
Brauchli, along with Weymouth, faced tough questions following a botched 2009 plan to bring in revenue through a series of off-the-record salons, which -- borrowing from the paper's most famous story -- was labeled SalonGate.
He and Weymouth came under fire after the revelation that the Post was planning a series of off-the-record "salons" that offered lobbyists a private audience with Post editors and reporters at the publisher's home, with a price-tag reaching as much as $250,000.
