Lee Ufan Museum
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The Lee Ufan Museum is an art museum on Japan’s Naoshima Island dedicated to the minimalist works and philosophy of Korean artist Lee Ufan, featuring his paintings and sculptures in harmony with a serene architectural setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lee Ufan Museum canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6007867 — 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: Lee Ufan Museum Context triple: [Benesse House Museum, near, Lee Ufan Museum]
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Chichu Art Museum
Chichu Art Museum is an underground contemporary art museum on Japan’s Naoshima Island, renowned for its integration of natural light, minimalist architecture, and site-specific works by artists such as Claude Monet, James Turrell, and Walter De Maria.
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea is a leading South Korean art institution dedicated to exhibiting and preserving modern and contemporary artworks from Korea and around the world.
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Miho Museum
The Miho Museum is a renowned art museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, celebrated for its harmonious integration of I. M. Pei’s modern architectural design with the surrounding natural landscape and its collection of Asian and Western antiquities.
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Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
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Woori Korean Art Collection
The Woori Korean Art Collection is a major assemblage of Korean artworks and cultural artifacts housed at the Birmingham Museum of 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: Lee Ufan Museum Target entity description: The Lee Ufan Museum is an art museum on Japan’s Naoshima Island dedicated to the minimalist works and philosophy of Korean artist Lee Ufan, featuring his paintings and sculptures in harmony with a serene architectural setting.
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A.
Chichu Art Museum
Chichu Art Museum is an underground contemporary art museum on Japan’s Naoshima Island, renowned for its integration of natural light, minimalist architecture, and site-specific works by artists such as Claude Monet, James Turrell, and Walter De Maria.
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B.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea is a leading South Korean art institution dedicated to exhibiting and preserving modern and contemporary artworks from Korea and around the world.
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C.
Miho Museum
The Miho Museum is a renowned art museum in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, celebrated for its harmonious integration of I. M. Pei’s modern architectural design with the surrounding natural landscape and its collection of Asian and Western antiquities.
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D.
Shoto Museum of Art
Shoto Museum of Art is a small public art museum in Shibuya, Tokyo, known for its rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in an intimate setting.
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E.
Woori Korean Art Collection
The Woori Korean Art Collection is a major assemblage of Korean artworks and cultural artifacts housed at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | art museum ⓘ |
| architect | Tadao Ando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Mono-ha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ |
| collectionType |
permanent collection
ⓘ
site-specific installations ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Lee Ufan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy | Tadao Ando NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
harmony between art and nature
ⓘ
meditative space ⓘ |
| exhibitsWorkOf | Lee Ufan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
paintings by Lee Ufan
ⓘ
sculptures by Lee Ufan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contemporary art
ⓘ
minimalist art ⓘ |
| hasAccessMode | ferry access to Naoshima ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | minimalist architecture ⓘ |
| hasCuratorialConcept | dialogue between artwork, architecture, and landscape ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWorkDisplayed |
abstract painting
ⓘ
large-scale sculpture ⓘ |
| inaugurated | 2010 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInSea | Seto Inland Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Naoshima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Lee Ufan Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lee Ufan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Benesse House Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chichu Art Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 2010 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Benesse Art Site Naoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Benesse Holdings, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Benesse Art Site Naoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Shikoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme | relationship between space, light, and emptiness ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism destination ⓘ |
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Subject: Lee Ufan Museum Description of subject: The Lee Ufan Museum is an art museum on Japan’s Naoshima Island dedicated to the minimalist works and philosophy of Korean artist Lee Ufan, featuring his paintings and sculptures in harmony with a serene architectural setting.
Referenced by (3)
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