Japanese dreams: Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation

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Japanese dreams : Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation. / Sejrup, Jens.

I: Museum History Journal, Bind 11, Nr. 1, 22.01.2018, s. 76-93.

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Sejrup, J 2018, 'Japanese dreams: Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation', Museum History Journal, bind 11, nr. 1, s. 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19369816.2018.1427344

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Sejrup, J. (2018). Japanese dreams: Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation. Museum History Journal, 11(1), 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19369816.2018.1427344

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Sejrup J. Japanese dreams: Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation. Museum History Journal. 2018 jan. 22;11(1):76-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19369816.2018.1427344

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Sejrup, Jens. / Japanese dreams : Kurokawa Kishō’s annex to the Van Gogh Museum and its later re-appropriation. I: Museum History Journal. 2018 ; Bind 11, Nr. 1. s. 76-93.

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