Tino Sehgal

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conceptual artist contemporary artist performance artist

Tino Sehgal is a British-German artist known for his immaterial, choreographed “constructed situations” that exist only through live human interaction rather than physical objects.

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Label	Occurrences
Tino Sehgal canonical	8
Tino Sehgal is a German-British artist	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845914 — 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: Tino Sehgal
Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Tino Sehgal]

A. Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
B. Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
C. William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
D. Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is a British conceptual and video artist known for socially engaged works that explore history, politics, and popular culture.
E. Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist renowned for her provocative text-based installations that address themes of power, violence, and social justice in public spaces.
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: Tino Sehgal
Target entity description: Tino Sehgal is a British-German artist known for his immaterial, choreographed “constructed situations” that exist only through live human interaction rather than physical objects.

A. Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
B. Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
C. William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
D. Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller is a British conceptual and video artist known for socially engaged works that explore history, politics, and popular culture.
E. Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist renowned for her provocative text-based installations that address themes of power, violence, and social justice in public spaces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conceptual artist ⓘ contemporary artist ⓘ performance artist ⓘ
artisticMedium	choreographed interaction ⓘ live performance ⓘ
artisticPracticeFeature	absence of physical art objects ⓘ oral contracts for sale of works ⓘ prohibition of photography and video documentation ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Lion for Best Artist at the Venice Biennale ⓘ linked to: Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1976 ⓘ
educatedAt	Folkwang University of the Arts ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ dance ⓘ performance art ⓘ
hasExhibitedAt	Guggenheim Museum New York ⓘ linked to: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art New York ⓘ linked to: Museum of Modern Art Tate Modern ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ documenta 13 ⓘ linked to: Documenta (Kassel)
knownFor	constructed situations ⓘ immaterial artworks ⓘ live human interaction–based works ⓘ
language	English ⓘ German ⓘ
marketPractice	refuses material certificates of authenticity ⓘ sells works through verbal agreements ⓘ
movement	institutional critique ⓘ relational aesthetics ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ German ⓘ
notableWork	Instead of allowing some thing to rise up to your face dancing bruce and dan and other things ⓘ Kiss ⓘ These associations ⓘ This Progress ⓘ This is propaganda ⓘ This is so contemporary ⓘ
occupation	artist ⓘ choreographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
residence	Berlin ⓘ
studied	dance ⓘ political economy ⓘ
workCharacteristic	exists only for the duration of the encounter ⓘ no written instructions publicly circulated ⓘ performed by trained interpreters or participants ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

Turbine Hall → hasNotableArtist → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

Ari Benjamin Meyers → hasCollaboratedWith → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

This is so contemporary → creator → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

This is so contemporary → creatorRole → Tino Sehgal is a German-British artist ⓘ

linked to: Tino Sehgal

This is propaganda → creator → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

This Progress → creator → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

Kiss (Tino Sehgal) → creator → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

subject linked to: Kiss

Instead of allowing some thing to rise up to your face dancing bruce and dan and other things → creator → Tino Sehgal ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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