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- ↑ Ingrid Beazley (editor), What Are YOU Like, Ian Dejardin, Director of DPG? Dulwich OnView , 25 November 2008.
- 1 2 "Ian A C Dejardin, Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery, to join McMichael Canadian Art Collection". Dulwich Picture Gallery. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ James Adams, "McMichael taps British arts administrator Ian Dejardin as next executive director". The Globe and Mail , August 2, 2016.
- ↑ The Dutch Italianates: 17th-century Masterpieces from Dulwich Picture Gallery Archived 26 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , Opening Night Lecture, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 7 October 2009.
- ↑ "Ian Dejardin interview by Kate Knowles". The Dulwich Society, Newsletter Archive. Autumn 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "The challenges and possibilities of painting the humble tree — the foundation of landscape art". CBC Arts, November 5, 2020.
