Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
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The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) is a major contemporary art museum in Barcelona renowned for its cutting-edge exhibitions and influential role in the city’s cultural life.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art | 2 |
| MACBA | 2 |
| MACBA Barcelona | 1 |
| MACBA Foundation | 1 |
| Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona canonical | 1 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159712 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona Context triple: [Jaume Plensa, hasExhibitedAt, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona]
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A.
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is a major art museum in Barcelona renowned for its extensive collection of Catalan art, especially its Romanesque mural paintings and Gothic works.
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B.
Reina Sofía Museum
The Reina Sofía Museum is Spain’s national museum of 20th-century art in Madrid, best known for its collection of modern and contemporary works including Picasso’s "Guernica."
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C.
Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum is a renowned art museum in Barcelona dedicated to the early works and artistic development of Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Hospital de Sant Pau
Hospital de Sant Pau is a renowned modernist hospital complex in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner and celebrated for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
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E.
Museo Tamayo
Museo Tamayo is a prominent modern and contemporary art museum in Mexico City, founded by artist Rufino Tamayo and known for its international collection and innovative exhibitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona Target entity description: The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) is a major contemporary art museum in Barcelona renowned for its cutting-edge exhibitions and influential role in the city’s cultural life.
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A.
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is a major art museum in Barcelona renowned for its extensive collection of Catalan art, especially its Romanesque mural paintings and Gothic works.
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B.
Reina Sofía Museum
The Reina Sofía Museum is Spain’s national museum of 20th-century art in Madrid, best known for its collection of modern and contemporary works including Picasso’s "Guernica."
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C.
Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum is a renowned art museum in Barcelona dedicated to the early works and artistic development of Pablo Picasso.
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D.
Hospital de Sant Pau
Hospital de Sant Pau is a renowned modernist hospital complex in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner and celebrated for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
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E.
Museo Tamayo
Museo Tamayo is a prominent modern and contemporary art museum in Mexico City, founded by artist Rufino Tamayo and known for its international collection and innovative exhibitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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contemporary art museum ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ |
| architect | Richard Meier ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in El Raval
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Contemporary art museums in Spain ⓘ Museums in Barcelona ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
21st century
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second half of the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MACBA
|
| hasCollectionType |
contemporary art
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modern art ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
large glass facade
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white geometric volumes ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType |
permanent collection displays
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temporary exhibitions ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
art education
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public programs ⓘ research ⓘ |
| hasNeighbour | Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
educational activities
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guided tours ⓘ lectures ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | cultural life of Barcelona ⓘ |
| hasVisitorType |
local residents
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tourists ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.macba.cat ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| isMajorInstitutionIn | Barcelona contemporary art scene ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contemporary art collection
ⓘ
cutting-edge exhibitions ⓘ influential role in Barcelona’s cultural life ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Catalan
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barcelona
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Catalonia ⓘ Ciutat Vella ⓘ El Raval neighborhood ⓘ
surface form:
El Raval
|
| locatedOnStreet | Plaça dels Àngels ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1995-11-28 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MACBA Foundation
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| ownedBy |
City Council of Barcelona
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surface form:
Barcelona City Council
|
| partOf | cultural institutions of Barcelona ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona Description of subject: The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) is a major contemporary art museum in Barcelona renowned for its cutting-edge exhibitions and influential role in the city’s cultural life.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
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operatedBy
→
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MACBA Foundation
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
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hasAbbreviation
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Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
MACBA
this entity surface form:
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
this entity surface form:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
subject surface form:
El Raval
this entity surface form:
MACBA
this entity surface form:
MACBA Barcelona