In 1961, an exhibition at the Gallery J displayed a selection of 20 posters found by Hains and Villeglé between 1950 and 1961. This series of political posters related to the dramatic events associated with the Algerian conflict and De Gaulle. The show was entitled “La France Déchirée (“France in Shreds”). Hains refused to sell the posters or else to make money from such a painful subject as his country being torn apart. He then exhibited “the palisade dessert” and offered a slice of the cake on display to each guest at the festival of New Realism at the Muratore Gallery and later at the Roseland Abbey in Nice. In 1963, Daniel Spoerri turned the Gallery J into a restaurant for 11 days. On 8 March, Chef Daniel Spoerri offered a menu in tribute to Raymond Hains: “The Abstract, the Cicisbeo of the critics”. Among the dishes served were the “Palisade Dessert” and “Gala” cheeses, reminders of the “Flagrant - Dalí” affair.