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- ↑ "Roski Talk: Rita Gonzalez | Roski School of Art and Design". roski.usc.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "LACMA Names Rita Gonzalez Head of Contemporary Art". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ Sarah P. Hanson (4 May 2017), Galleries showing historic feminist and politically minded artists win Frieze stand prizes The Art Newspaper .