Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965)

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exhibition building national pavilion world’s fair pavilion

The Mexican Pavilion at the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair was a modernist national exhibition space showcasing Mexico’s culture, art, and technological progress to an international audience.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mexican Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair	1
Mexican Pavilion at the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair	1
Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2648465 — 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: Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965)
Context triple: [Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, notableWork, Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965)]

A. Mexican Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58)
The Mexican Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58) was a landmark modernist exhibition space that showcased Mexico’s culture, art, and technological progress on the international stage during the 1958 world exposition in Belgium.
B. World’s Fair Pavilion
The World’s Fair Pavilion is a historic open-air event venue in St. Louis’s Forest Park, originally built on the site of the 1904 World’s Fair and now used for public gatherings and celebrations.
C. El Salón México
El Salón México is a vibrant orchestral piece by Aaron Copland that evokes the atmosphere and folk music of a popular dance hall in Mexico City.
D. Bienal Pavilion
The Bienal Pavilion is a landmark modernist exhibition building in São Paulo, Brazil, best known as the main venue for the São Paulo Art Biennial.
E. Jumex Museum
The Jumex Museum is a contemporary art museum in Mexico City renowned for housing one of Latin America’s most important private collections of modern and contemporary art.
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: Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965)
Target entity description: The Mexican Pavilion at the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair was a modernist national exhibition space showcasing Mexico’s culture, art, and technological progress to an international audience.

A. Mexican Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58)
The Mexican Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58) was a landmark modernist exhibition space that showcased Mexico’s culture, art, and technological progress on the international stage during the 1958 world exposition in Belgium.
B. World’s Fair Pavilion
The World’s Fair Pavilion is a historic open-air event venue in St. Louis’s Forest Park, originally built on the site of the 1904 World’s Fair and now used for public gatherings and celebrations.
C. El Salón México
El Salón México is a vibrant orchestral piece by Aaron Copland that evokes the atmosphere and folk music of a popular dance hall in Mexico City.
D. Bienal Pavilion
The Bienal Pavilion is a landmark modernist exhibition building in São Paulo, Brazil, best known as the main venue for the São Paulo Art Biennial.
E. Jumex Museum
The Jumex Museum is a contemporary art museum in Mexico City renowned for housing one of Latin America’s most important private collections of modern and contemporary art.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exhibition building ⓘ national pavilion ⓘ world’s fair pavilion ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modernist architecture ⓘ
closingYear	1965 ⓘ
countryRepresented	Mexico ⓘ
exhibited	Mexican crafts ⓘ Mexican cultural heritage ⓘ Mexican visual arts ⓘ examples of Mexican technology ⓘ
exhibitionType	national exhibition ⓘ
existedDuring	Cold War era ⓘ linked to: Cold War
function	cultural diplomacy venue ⓘ tourist promotion space for Mexico ⓘ
hosted	art exhibitions ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ technology displays ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ Queens ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInEvent	1964–1965 New York World’s Fair ⓘ linked to: New York World's Fair
mediumOfDisplay	architectural exhibition ⓘ
openingYear	1964 ⓘ
partOf	national section of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
purpose	to showcase Mexican art ⓘ to showcase Mexican culture ⓘ to showcase Mexico’s technological progress ⓘ
represented	Mexico’s national image abroad ⓘ
status	temporary structure ⓘ
targetAudience	international audience ⓘ
temporalLocation	1964 ⓘ 1965 ⓘ
theme	integration of tradition and modernity in Mexico ⓘ presentation of Mexico’s modern identity ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → notableWork → Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965) ⓘ

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → designed → Mexican Pavilion at the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair (1964–1965)

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → notableWork → Mexican Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair ⓘ

subject linked to: Ramírez Vázquez