Paris / From source image to exhibition object
Plan the whole painted object, including the edges that a frame will not hide.
Your photograph, drawing or digital work can become a painted canvas for a confirmed Paris exhibition. We discuss the physical presentation with you, so the painting feels complete on the wall.
At PaletteMomento in Dafen Art Village, Shenzhen, China, we hand-paint the canvas and its agreed edge treatment together. Tell us which sides will remain visible in your Paris presentation.
Tell the specific exhibition organizer that our studio will execute the painting from your work. The examples here do not confirm that this arrangement meets its entry rules.
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01 / Make the boundary part of the work
Salon d’Automne’s 2026 painting rules generally exclude frames and require finished edges. That makes the boundary of the painted image a production decision.
If your source has a photographic border, decide whether the border belongs inside the painting. A white margin in the source file is not automatically spare canvas for stretching.
A subject touching the edge may lose part of its form if the composition continues around the side. Mark what must remain visible on the front face.
You can discuss a painted edge or another required treatment with us before the quote. Include the host’s exact instructions rather than leaving the side finish implicit.
The catalog image above uses a frame to show the painting clearly. Your commissioned presentation can follow a different brief.
02 / Describe what is actually being exhibited
Salon d’Automne lists painting and photography separately. Its photography section excludes canvas prints. That restriction does not decide whether a studio-painted interpretation qualifies as a painting entry.
For your own host, describe the source, the actual medium and our painting role. Once the organizer confirms the proposed arrangement, use that brief when selecting the canvas presentation.
If you want to retain it as part of the image, show its width in the reference. Explain whether it is meant to look painted or remain visually flat.
Identify any hands, lettering or fine shapes that must remain complete. The front image dimensions should include those details.
A pale background can be part of the composition. Tell us whether visible brushwork belongs there or only in the main subject.
For general translation choices, see our guide for artists and photographers.
03 / Keep the selected object recognizable
Salon d’Automne displays the work selected by its jury and included in its catalog. A painted alternative needs its own agreed status, not an assumed place under a photograph’s title.
Its painting specification uses a 2 m maximum height and a standard 2 m width, with separate oversized-work terms. Share any approved exception with the dimensions you request.
The visible front, edge treatment and presentation belong in the same quote discussion. A larger face or complex border can change the work involved.
The 2026 Salon regulations are one local example. Use your actual exhibition’s instructions if you are showing elsewhere.
04 / Practical choices for the selected canvas
Salon d’Automne’s painting rules say the artist must join polyptych panels together. Discuss the complete assembly with your local installer and organizer before ordering separate canvases.
For your unframed Paris canvas, an intentional painted border belongs within the image dimensions you request. Mark its width separately from the blank canvas needed for local stretching. Otherwise the same file could describe two different finished objects.
Salon d’Automne requires applicants to declare AI use in the creative process. That disclosure is separate from explaining external studio execution; discuss both if both apply.
Salon d’Automne does not allow packaging to be stored onsite. The artist or carrier handles unpacking and repacking, so arrange where the case will go after delivery.
For an unframed Paris presentation, rolled delivery still requires a local stretching plan. Ask your framer how the image and sides will meet, then share those measurements before painting. Suitable rolled work has blank allowance; that allowance is not a painted side finish.
Complete from front to edge
Include the full source, dimensions and the host’s presentation notes. We can discuss the painted object and quote its production.
Our fastest way to discuss your schedule and price. The written quote follows by email for your records.
WhatsApp: usually an immediate reply.
Email: usually within 12 hours. Monday–Sunday.
support@palettemomento.comUse our written quote form.