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- ↑ It's Vancouver, but not as we know it, Vancouver Sun, June 3, 2008 Archived June 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Vancouver 2010 Party Places
- ↑ Staging The Games, Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun, February 11, 2008 Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Images on Flickr
- ↑ "New Art Gallery." Vancouver Art Gallery. Accessed September 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Herzog & de Meuron’s design for new Vancouver Art Gallery unveiled." Canadian Architect, September 29, 2015. Accessed September 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Director’s exit reframes debate over Vancouver Art Gallery’s future." Vancouver Courier. Accessed September 30, 2020.
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