Beatriz Milhazes
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Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beatriz Milhazes canonical | 2 |
| Adriana Varejão | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170264 — 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: Beatriz Milhazes Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Beatriz Milhazes]
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A.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
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B.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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C.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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D.
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas is a South African-born, Netherlands-based contemporary artist renowned for her emotionally charged figurative paintings that explore themes of identity, sexuality, race, and politics.
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E.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
- 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: Beatriz Milhazes Target entity description: Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
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A.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
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B.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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C.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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D.
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas is a South African-born, Netherlands-based contemporary artist renowned for her emotionally charged figurative paintings that explore themes of identity, sexuality, race, and politics.
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E.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | South America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-06-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage ⓘ |
| familyName | Milhazes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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painting ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Beatriz ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form:
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) ⓘ
surface form:
Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque decorative arts
Brazilian modernism ⓘ Brazilian popular culture ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
surface form:
European modernism
Op art ⓘ carnival aesthetics ⓘ Tropicália ⓘ
surface form:
tropicalismo
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement |
Latin American modernism
ⓘ
abstract art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| name | Beatriz Milhazes self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collage-based painting technique
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integration of Brazilian cultural motifs ⓘ large-scale abstract paintings ⓘ use of vibrant colors ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gamboa
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Meu Limão ⓘ O Moderno ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| style |
abstract painting
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geometric abstraction ⓘ ornamental abstraction ⓘ |
| usesMaterial | acrylic paint ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
Brazilian folk motifs
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arabesques ⓘ carnival imagery ⓘ circles ⓘ floral patterns ⓘ lace-like patterns ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
collage
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monotransfer painting process ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Rio de Janeiro
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São Paulo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Beatriz Milhazes Description of subject: Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adriana Varejão