the 1951 Festival of Britain

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_1951_Festival_of_Britain

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:event
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:modernism national pride design innovation British cultural identity
gptkbp:attendees	millions of visitors
gptkbp:closing_date	September 1951
gptkbp:date	1951
gptkbp:duration	5 months
gptkbp:exhibits	gptkb:architecture gptkb:Industry art and design science and technology
gptkbp:featured_artist	gptkb:Richard_Hamilton gptkb:Cindy_Sherman gptkb:Graham_Sutherland gptkb:Paul_Nash gptkb:Barbara_Hepworth gptkb:Bjarke_Ingels gptkb:David_Adjaye gptkb:Banksy gptkb:Ai_Weiwei gptkb:Anish_Kapoor gptkb:Kara_Walker gptkb:Marina_Abramović gptkb:Moshe_Safdie gptkb:Richard_Rogers gptkb:Richard_Serra gptkb:Yayoi_Kusama gptkb:Yoko_Ono gptkb:Frank_Gehry gptkb:John_Piper gptkb:David_Hockney gptkb:Henry_Moore gptkb:James_Stirling gptkb:Jeff_Koons gptkb:Michael_Young gptkb:Norman_Foster gptkb:Sophie_Calle gptkb:Zaha_Hadid gptkb:Daniel_Libeskind gptkb:Louise_Bourgeois gptkb:Lucian_Freud gptkb:Rem_Koolhaas gptkb:Richard_Meier gptkb:Tadao_Ando gptkb:Tracey_Emin gptkb:Damien_Hirst gptkb:Santiago_Calatrava gptkb:Grayson_Perry gptkb:Peter_Blake gptkb:Kenzo_Tange gptkb:Eduardo_Paolozzi gptkb:Denys_Lasdun gptkb:Alison_and_Peter_Smithson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	the 1951 Festival of Britain
gptkbp:influenced_by	post-war reconstruction
gptkbp:legacy	inspiration for future exhibitions
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notable_feature	gptkb:Southbank_Exhibition gptkb:concert_hall gptkb:Skylon Festival Gardens
gptkbp:opening_date	April 1951
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Festival_of_Britain_Office
gptkbp:purpose	celebrate British industry and culture
gptkbp:theme	Britain's achievements
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4