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Altair Brandon-Salmon

“A Mythical Future”: Katya Rogatchevskaia on the Russian Revolution

The British Librarian curator discusses her exhibition Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

Andrew Graham-Dixon: Bridging the gap between high culture and mass media

Art history documentary maker Andrew Graham-Dixon talks contemporary art and BBC spending to Altair Brandon-Salmon

‘Beautiful is good’ – Giovanna Bertazzonia on Christie’s

Altair Brandon-Salmon dives into the world of art auctions with Giovanna Bertazzonia, co-chair of Modern Art at Christie’s

How a small office in Bloomsbury keeps the tradition of criticism alive

The LRB’s Alice Spawls talks to Altair Brandon-Salmon about her journey from intern to editor at the world’s most prestigious literary journal

The Russian Revolution was a kind of orgy

Altair Brandon-Salmon is thrilled by the British Library's exhibition marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution

At the Royal Academy: Matisse in the Studio

Altair Brandon-Salmon explores the Royal Academy's latest exhibition, Matisse in the Studio

At the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Altair Brandon-Salmon ponders the significance of the Royal Academy's annual Summer Exhibition

Dispatches: Gentrified graffiti on the streets of Stokes Croft

Altair Brandon-Salmon explores differing responses to Banksy as a graffiti artist

American art at the cutting edge of the 21st century

Altair Brandon-Salmon explores two samples of recent art and their resonances

Dispatches: faces and encounters in a letter from New York

Altair Brandon-Salmon reflects on finding the familiar and unexpected in a new city

Between the World and Ta-Nehisi Coates

Altair Brandon-Salmon on an autobiographical look at American racism

Review: The Leopard

Altair Brandon-Salmon revisits the classic Italian 20th century novel

The richness of the materiality of books

Altair Brandon-Salmon discusses the importance of books as aesthetic objects

Conjuring some museum magic

Altair Brandon-Salmon is astounded by the Ashmolean’s Islam exhibition, Power and Protection