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- ↑ "Ana Teresa Barboza – Handcraft and nature". TextileArtist.org. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Taggart, Emma (January 25, 2018). "Textile Artist Creates Nature-Inspired Embroidery Art That "Grows" Beyond Its Frame". My Modern Met. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ↑ Brady, Ana (February 25, 2019). "Object lessons: from Egon Schiele's nod to Gustav Klimt to black magic by René Magritte". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Ana Teresa Barboza Contemporary Embroidery Fibre Art". Fiber Studio. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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