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- ↑ Galerie Richard (Paris) at COMITÉ PROFESSIONNEL DES GALERIES D'ART
- ↑ Artnet
- ↑ "ArtSlant - Galerie Richard". ArtSlant.
- ↑ Entering Terra Incognita: Kim Young-Hun’s Paintings at Galerie Richard (Paris) by Siba Kumar Das, Whitehot Magazine
- ↑ Galerie Richard on Artnet
- ↑ Artists represented by Galerie Richard
