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- ↑ Cummings, Madeleine (7 October 2020). "Art Gallery of Alberta confronts history of never including Black artists in Biennial exhibition". CBC News. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- 1 2 "Catherine Crowston" (PDF). Art Gallery of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Fung, Amy (4 August 2011). "Catherine Crowston: Partner in art". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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