Whitney Museum of American Art
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The Whitney Museum of American Art is a major New York City museum renowned for its extensive collection and exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century American art.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Whitney Museum of American Art Context triple: [Mark Rothko, hasWorkInCollection, Whitney Museum of American Art]
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Neue Galerie New York
Neue Galerie New York is a museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side devoted primarily to early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design, including works by artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
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Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a leading New York City art museum renowned for its influential collection of modern and contemporary art, including iconic works by artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, and Warhol.
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Rose Art Museum
The Rose Art Museum is a contemporary art museum at Brandeis University known for its significant collection of modern and postwar American art.
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Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
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de Young Museum
The de Young Museum is a major fine arts museum in San Francisco renowned for its collections of American art, international textiles, and contemporary works, housed in a distinctive copper-clad building.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Whitney Museum of American Art Target entity description: The Whitney Museum of American Art is a major New York City museum renowned for its extensive collection and exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century American art.
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A.
Neue Galerie New York
Neue Galerie New York is a museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side devoted primarily to early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design, including works by artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
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B.
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is a leading New York City art museum renowned for its influential collection of modern and contemporary art, including iconic works by artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, and Warhol.
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Rose Art Museum
The Rose Art Museum is a contemporary art museum at Brandeis University known for its significant collection of modern and postwar American art.
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Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City known for its extensive and diverse collections, including significant holdings of American, Egyptian, African, and contemporary art.
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de Young Museum
The de Young Museum is a major fine arts museum in San Francisco renowned for its collections of American art, international textiles, and contemporary works, housed in a distinctive copper-clad building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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museum ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| architectOfCurrentBuilding | Renzo Piano ⓘ |
| architectOfFormerBuilding | Marcel Breuer ⓘ |
| collectionIncludes |
installation art
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new media art ⓘ paintings ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| collectionSize | over 25,000 works ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | American art ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
20th-century American art
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21st-century American art ⓘ contemporary American art ⓘ |
| formerLocation |
8–12 West 8th Street, Greenwich Village
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945 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ⓘ |
| hasCuratorialFocusOn |
innovative contemporary practices
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living American artists ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Scott Rothkopf ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://whitney.org ⓘ |
| hasPermanentCollection |
Alexander Calder works
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Andy Warhol works ⓘ Edward Hopper works ⓘ Georgia O’Keeffe ⓘ
surface form:
Georgia O’Keeffe works
Jackson Pollock works ⓘ Jasper Johns works ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitAccess | 14th Street–8th Avenue subway station ⓘ |
| hasType | independent museum ⓘ |
| inception | 1930 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | New York City cultural institutions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
99 Gansevoort Street
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Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Meatpacking District ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ⓘ |
| near |
High Line
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Hudson River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Whitney Museum of American Art
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Whitney Biennial
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| openedToPublic | 1931 ⓘ |
| organizes | Whitney Biennial ⓘ |
| relocatedToCurrentBuilding | 2015 ⓘ |
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Subject: Whitney Museum of American Art Description of subject: The Whitney Museum of American Art is a major New York City museum renowned for its extensive collection and exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century American art.
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this entity surface form:
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
this entity surface form:
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York