Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel
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The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel is a prominent Swiss institution dedicated to contemporary art, showcasing modern and postwar works in connection with the broader Kunstmuseum Basel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3356177 — 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)
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Target entity: Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel Context triple: [Kunstmuseum Basel, hasPart, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel]
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Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel is a renowned art museum in Basel, Switzerland, celebrated for its extensive collection of fine art from the Renaissance to modern times, including major works by artists such as Paul Cézanne.
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B.
Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich is one of Switzerland’s most important art museums, renowned for its extensive collection spanning from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, including major works by Swiss and international artists.
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Musée de l’Élysée
The Musée de l’Élysée is a renowned photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, and study of photographic art and visual culture.
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D.
Paul Klee Center
The Paul Klee Center is a museum and cultural complex in Bern, Switzerland, dedicated to the life and work of artist Paul Klee and housed in a distinctive undulating building designed by architect Renzo Piano.
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E.
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt
The Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt is a leading contemporary art museum in Frankfurt, Germany, renowned for its distinctive triangular architecture and extensive collection of post-1945 international art.
- 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: Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel Target entity description: The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel is a prominent Swiss institution dedicated to contemporary art, showcasing modern and postwar works in connection with the broader Kunstmuseum Basel.
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A.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel is a renowned art museum in Basel, Switzerland, celebrated for its extensive collection of fine art from the Renaissance to modern times, including major works by artists such as Paul Cézanne.
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B.
Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich is one of Switzerland’s most important art museums, renowned for its extensive collection spanning from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, including major works by Swiss and international artists.
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C.
Musée de l’Élysée
The Musée de l’Élysée is a renowned photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, dedicated to the preservation, exhibition, and study of photographic art and visual culture.
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D.
Paul Klee Center
The Paul Klee Center is a museum and cultural complex in Bern, Switzerland, dedicated to the life and work of artist Paul Klee and housed in a distinctive undulating building designed by architect Renzo Piano.
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E.
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt
The Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt is a leading contemporary art museum in Frankfurt, Germany, renowned for its distinctive triangular architecture and extensive collection of post-1945 international art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum
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contemporary art museum ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| genre | art museum ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
installations
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paintings ⓘ photography ⓘ sculptures ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
contemporary art
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modern art ⓘ postwar art ⓘ |
| hasCuratorialFocus |
dialogue between contemporary and modern art
ⓘ
postwar artistic practices ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionFocus |
Swiss contemporary art
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international contemporary art ⓘ post-1945 art ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasSubordination | public institution ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch ⓘ |
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| isAffiliatedWith |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
City of Basel
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| locatedIn |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
Basel
Canton of Basel-Stadt ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Kunstmuseum Basel ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Kunstmuseum Basel ⓘ |
| partOf | Kunstmuseum Basel ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Switzerland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel Description of subject: The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel is a prominent Swiss institution dedicated to contemporary art, showcasing modern and postwar works in connection with the broader Kunstmuseum Basel.
Referenced by (1)
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