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- ↑ Rita Kerstin at kunstaspekte.de
- ↑ Sabine Brandes: Künstlerische Verbindung at juedische-allgemeine.de, 27 May 2013
- ↑ Rita Kersting new member of the Supervisory Board at stedelijk.nl, 19 November 2014
- ↑ Three members of the Stedelijk Museum Supervisory Board step down at parool.nl, 12 June 2018
- ↑ Rita Kersting on curatorialleadership.org
- ↑ Rita Kersting to Take Over as New Deputy Director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
- ↑ Rita Kersting on artnexus.com
