About the Salon
The Youth Salon is the largest and most respected national exhibition event for visual artists up to 35 years old in Croatia. In its slightly over 50 years of existence, it has showcased more than 3,500 artists and, in each of its editions, introduced new names to the Croatian art scene while connecting the Croatian and international cultural scenes. Apart from presenting the latest artistic trends, the Salon has been awarding prizes to the most successful achievements since its inception, adequately valuing artistic work and emphasizing to the broader public who the new names on the scene are whose work should be followed in the future.
The first Salon was organized in the distant, revolutionary year of 1968, sponsored by reputable companies such as the Yugoslav Bank for Foreign Trade, Pliva, Ina, and Generalturist. From its beginnings to the present day, it has undergone a series of programmatic changes and experiments. For example, at the 2nd Salon, the review, or introduction text, was replaced by a survey on the meaning of the Salon and ideas for improvement; at the 5th Salon, a sort of anti-conception was presented, and all submitted works, including those by amateurs, were exhibited, while in subsequent salons, the curator concept and situation review were introduced. Over half a century, the Salon has launched, recognized, and promoted significant artistic movements and concepts such as New Painting, the Biafra group, and the Group of Six, which also initiated the PM Gallery, now an integral part of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists.
Salon mladih održavao se na više lokacija: u Umjetničkom paviljonu, Galeriji PM i Karas, Modernoj galeriji, Muzeju revolucije naroda Hrvatske, Kulturno informativnom centru Zagreb, Gliptoteci HAZU i Galeriji SC, no od 1989., uz izuzetak Zagrebačkog Velesajma na 26. salonu i 38. Salona mladih u NMMU Oktogon, svoje je mjesto trajno pronašao u Domu hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika.
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