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- ↑ "State of Concept | Athens Culture Net". www.athensculturenet.com.
- ↑ My Art Guides, Exhibition, After Europe Jonas Staal
- ↑ "Interview: Collective WHW on their appointment as directors of Kunsthalle Wien". Spike Art Magazine. June 18, 2019.
- ↑ Happening Magazine, Katy Cross, Artists Donate Works to Fundraiser, April 24, 2020
- ↑ Rijksakademie, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Artists for Moria collaboration with State of Concept Athens
- ↑ "Culture of Solidarity Fund". culturalfoundation.eu. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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