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- ↑ Seeber, Elisia (February 1, 2021). "West Vancouver Museum opens exhibition on eminent landscape architect". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "Douglas Coupland revisits his Girlfriend in a Coma in a new West Vancouver photography show". CBC. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ↑ Carey, Charlie (March 29, 2022). "Douglas Coupland's Rabbit Lane exhibition set to open at West Van Art Museum". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Ditmars, Hadani (July 10, 2015). "A Fertile Front: West Vancouver Museum to hold annual tour of modernist architecture". Wallpaper.
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- ↑ "Hilary Letwin appointed at West Vancouver Art Museum". Galleries West. January 31, 2021.
