Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

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nonprofit organization

The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy and supporting photography and HIV/AIDS-related causes.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation canonical	4
Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity controversies	1
Robert Mapplethorpe photographic archive	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10438945 — 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.

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Target entity: Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Context triple: [Robert Mapplethorpe, founded, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation]

A. Keith Haring Foundation
The Keith Haring Foundation is a nonprofit organization that preserves artist Keith Haring’s legacy by supporting arts education, public art, and HIV/AIDS-related initiatives.
B. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is a nonprofit organization established in 1987 to advance the visual arts, particularly contemporary and experimental work, in accordance with the legacy of artist Andy Warhol.
C. Pollock-Krasner Foundation
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to provide financial assistance and support to individual visual artists worldwide, continuing the legacy of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
D. W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is an organization that honors the legacy of photojournalist W. Eugene Smith by supporting and awarding grants to photographers engaged in long-term humanistic documentary projects.
E. Diane Arbus Estate
The Diane Arbus Estate is the body that manages the rights, legacy, and posthumous exhibitions of influential American photographer Diane Arbus.
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: Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Target entity description: The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy and supporting photography and HIV/AIDS-related causes.

A. Keith Haring Foundation
The Keith Haring Foundation is a nonprofit organization that preserves artist Keith Haring’s legacy by supporting arts education, public art, and HIV/AIDS-related initiatives.
B. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is a nonprofit organization established in 1987 to advance the visual arts, particularly contemporary and experimental work, in accordance with the legacy of artist Andy Warhol.
C. Pollock-Krasner Foundation
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to provide financial assistance and support to individual visual artists worldwide, continuing the legacy of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
D. W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is an organization that honors the legacy of photojournalist W. Eugene Smith by supporting and awarding grants to photographers engaged in long-term humanistic documentary projects.
E. Diane Arbus Estate
The Diane Arbus Estate is the body that manages the rights, legacy, and posthumous exhibitions of influential American photographer Diane Arbus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ
archivesLocation	New York City ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	photography ⓘ
focusesOnArtist	Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ
foundedBy	Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ
grantsTo	HIV/AIDS service organizations ⓘ museums ⓘ research institutions ⓘ universities ⓘ
hasCollectionType	negative archives ⓘ photographs ⓘ prints ⓘ related documents ⓘ
hasDonatedTo	Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ Guggenheim Museum ⓘ linked to: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum J. Paul Getty Museum ⓘ Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ Museum of Fine Arts Boston ⓘ linked to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ Tate ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
hasFocus	HIV/AIDS philanthropy ⓘ contemporary photography ⓘ fine art photography ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
industry	arts and culture ⓘ health and human services ⓘ
legalForm	501(c)(3) organization ⓘ
missionStatement	to promote the recognition of photography as an art form of the highest quality ⓘ to support organizations engaged in the fight against AIDS ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert Mapplethorpe ⓘ
operatesIn	New York City ⓘ
owns	Robert Mapplethorpe copyrights ⓘ Robert Mapplethorpe photographic archive ⓘ linked to: Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
purpose	preservation of Robert Mapplethorpe’s artistic legacy ⓘ support of HIV/AIDS-related causes ⓘ support of photography ⓘ
supportsCause	HIV/AIDS care ⓘ HIV/AIDS education ⓘ HIV/AIDS research ⓘ museum photography programs ⓘ photographic arts ⓘ photography exhibitions ⓘ photography scholarships ⓘ
website	https://www.mapplethorpe.org/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Mapplethorpe → founded → Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ⓘ

Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) → associatedWith → Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ⓘ

X Portfolio → associatedWith → Robert Mapplethorpe obscenity controversies ⓘ

linked to: Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Self-Portrait (1980) → copyrightHolder → Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ⓘ

Portraits of Patti Smith → copyrightHolder → Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation ⓘ

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation → owns → Robert Mapplethorpe photographic archive ⓘ