The Void (Le Vide)
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The Void (Le Vide) is Yves Klein’s radical 1958 conceptual artwork consisting of an apparently empty, white-painted gallery space that challenged traditional notions of art and materiality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Vide | 1 |
| Le Vide (The Void) | 1 |
| The Void (Le Vide) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7675561 — 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: The Void (Le Vide) Context triple: [Yves Klein, notableWork, The Void (Le Vide)]
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A.
La Jetée
La Jetée is a 1962 French science fiction short film composed almost entirely of still photographs, renowned for its innovative storytelling and influence on later works like Twelve Monkeys.
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B.
Maison d’Ailleurs
Maison d’Ailleurs is a Swiss museum in Yverdon-les-Bains dedicated to science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys, known for its unique collections and exhibitions on speculative imagination.
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C.
Le Rapport de Brodeck
Le Rapport de Brodeck is a critically acclaimed novel by Philippe Claudel that follows a traumatized survivor in a remote village as he investigates a mysterious crime, exploring themes of guilt, memory, and collective responsibility.
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D.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
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E.
L’Existence
L’Existence is a philosophical work by French thinker Georges Lacombe that explores the nature and conditions of human existence.
- 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: The Void (Le Vide) Target entity description: The Void (Le Vide) is Yves Klein’s radical 1958 conceptual artwork consisting of an apparently empty, white-painted gallery space that challenged traditional notions of art and materiality.
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A.
La Jetée
La Jetée is a 1962 French science fiction short film composed almost entirely of still photographs, renowned for its innovative storytelling and influence on later works like Twelve Monkeys.
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B.
Maison d’Ailleurs
Maison d’Ailleurs is a Swiss museum in Yverdon-les-Bains dedicated to science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys, known for its unique collections and exhibitions on speculative imagination.
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C.
Le Rapport de Brodeck
Le Rapport de Brodeck is a critically acclaimed novel by Philippe Claudel that follows a traumatized survivor in a remote village as he investigates a mysterious crime, exploring themes of guilt, memory, and collective responsibility.
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D.
L’Apparition
L’Apparition is a French drama film in which Vincent Lindon plays a journalist investigating a young woman’s alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, exploring themes of faith, doubt, and media influence.
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E.
L’Existence
L’Existence is a philosophical work by French thinker Georges Lacombe that explores the nature and conditions of human existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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exhibition ⓘ installation art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State of Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
iconic work of Nouveau Réalisme
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landmark of early conceptual art ⓘ |
| artistNationalityOfCreator | French ⓘ |
| artMovement | Nouveau Réalisme ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstExhibition | France ⓘ |
| creator | Yves Klein ⓘ |
| durationOfExhibition | 1958-04-28 to 1958-05-19 ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Iris Clert Gallery, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Galerie Iris Clert
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| exhibitionSpaceTreatment |
display fixtures removed
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walls painted white ⓘ windows covered ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dematerialization of the art object
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emptiness ⓘ immateriality ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ viewer perception ⓘ void ⓘ |
| inception | 1958 ⓘ |
| influenced |
installation art practices
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later conceptual art ⓘ |
| intendedToChallenge |
conventional exhibition formats
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materiality in art ⓘ traditional notions of art ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntityOfFirstExhibition | Paris ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstExhibition |
Iris Clert Gallery
ⓘ
linked to:
Galerie Iris Clert
|
| medium |
empty gallery space
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white-painted gallery ⓘ |
| modeOfPresentation |
empty gallery as artwork
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solo exhibition ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
absence of physical artworks
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apparently empty space ⓘ focus on immateriality ⓘ use of the gallery itself as artwork ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1958-04-28 ⓘ |
| partOf | Yves Klein’s exploration of the immaterial ⓘ |
| requires | viewer’s mental participation ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
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critical theory discussions on dematerialization of art ⓘ |
| title |
Le Vide
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linked to:
The Void (Le Vide)
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| translatedTitle | The Void ⓘ |
| workType | site-specific work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Void (Le Vide) Description of subject: The Void (Le Vide) is Yves Klein’s radical 1958 conceptual artwork consisting of an apparently empty, white-painted gallery space that challenged traditional notions of art and materiality.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Void (Le Vide)
linked to: The Void (Le Vide)