An unjuried or open access art exhibition or festival is one where all submissions are accepted.
More narrowly, the notion of an unjuried exhibition arose in response to the Paris Salon, which began in 1725 and was juried from 1748 onwards.
1884 saw the formation of the Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists), whose device was Sans jury ni récompense (Without jury nor awards), and which has run unjuried art exhibits from 1884 to the present day, under the title of Salon des Indépendants (Independents Salon).
The development of these rejected or unjuried exhibits was key in the development of the avant-garde in painting, particularly the École de Paris (Paris School), with the SAI being particularly prominent during the Gilded Age, until World War I.
Despite declaring no criteria for inclusion, some unjuried exhibits or festivals have constraints on genre.