Christian Boltanski
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Christian Boltanski was a French contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale installations that explore memory, loss, and the traces of human existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christian Boltanski canonical | 2 |
| Christian Liberté Boltanski | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4102103 — 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: Christian Boltanski Context triple: [Monumenta 2010, commissionedArtist, Christian Boltanski]
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A.
René Leibowitz
René Leibowitz was a Polish-born French composer, conductor, and influential music theorist who helped introduce and promote twelve-tone and serial techniques in postwar France.
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B.
Raoul Hausmann
Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian-born artist and writer best known as a leading figure of the Berlin Dada movement, pioneering photomontage and experimental sound poetry.
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C.
René Krafft
René Krafft is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Krafft.
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D.
Pierre Alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian painter and printmaker known for his expressive, often calligraphic style and his association with postwar European avant-garde art.
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E.
Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter and frequent Roman Polanski collaborator known for his work on numerous acclaimed European films.
- 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: Christian Boltanski Target entity description: Christian Boltanski was a French contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale installations that explore memory, loss, and the traces of human existence.
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A.
René Leibowitz
René Leibowitz was a Polish-born French composer, conductor, and influential music theorist who helped introduce and promote twelve-tone and serial techniques in postwar France.
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B.
Raoul Hausmann
Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian-born artist and writer best known as a leading figure of the Berlin Dada movement, pioneering photomontage and experimental sound poetry.
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C.
René Krafft
René Krafft is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Krafft.
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D.
Pierre Alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian painter and printmaker known for his expressive, often calligraphic style and his association with postwar European avant-garde art.
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E.
Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter and frequent Roman Polanski collaborator known for his work on numerous acclaimed European films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kaiserring Goslar
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Praemium Imperiale ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-07-14 ⓘ |
| employer |
École des Beaux-Arts
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surface form:
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (guest/teacher, various periods)
|
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Centre Pompidou
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Documenta (Kassel) ⓘ
surface form:
Documenta
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| father | Étienne Boltanski ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| fullName |
Christian Boltanski
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Christian Liberté Boltanski
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| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale installations about memory and loss
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works dealing with the Holocaust and collective memory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Les Archives du cœur
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Monument: The Children of Dijon ⓘ No Man’s Land ⓘ Personnes ⓘ Reserve: The Dead Swiss ⓘ The Heart Archive ⓘ The Life of C.B. ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| representedBy |
Marian Goodman Gallery
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surface form:
Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
Galleria Continua ⓘ Marian Goodman Gallery ⓘ |
| sibling | Luc Boltanski ⓘ |
| spouse | Annette Messager ⓘ |
| theme |
absence
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collective memory ⓘ death ⓘ identity ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
the Holocaust
traces of human existence ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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Instruction
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Subject: Christian Boltanski Description of subject: Christian Boltanski was a French contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale installations that explore memory, loss, and the traces of human existence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Monumenta 2010
this entity surface form:
Christian Liberté Boltanski