La Nona Ora
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La Nona Ora is a provocative contemporary art installation by Maurizio Cattelan depicting Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite, symbolizing the vulnerability and fallibility of religious authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Nona Ora canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4483264 — 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: La Nona Ora Context triple: [Maurizio Cattelan, notableWork, La Nona Ora]
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A.
Il Giorno
Il Giorno is an 18th-century Italian poem by Giuseppe Parini that satirically portrays the idle, decadent life of the Milanese aristocracy during the Enlightenment.
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B.
Bella Notte
"Bella Notte" is the romantic moonlit song from Disney’s animated film *Lady and the Tramp*, best known for underscoring the iconic spaghetti-sharing scene.
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C.
Mezzanotte d’amore
Mezzanotte d’amore is an Italian film featuring actress and singer Romina Power, known as one of her notable screen roles.
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D.
Orizzonti
Orizzonti is a competitive sidebar of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge, innovative, and trend-setting works in contemporary world cinema.
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E.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
- 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: La Nona Ora Target entity description: La Nona Ora is a provocative contemporary art installation by Maurizio Cattelan depicting Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite, symbolizing the vulnerability and fallibility of religious authority.
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A.
Il Giorno
Il Giorno is an 18th-century Italian poem by Giuseppe Parini that satirically portrays the idle, decadent life of the Milanese aristocracy during the Enlightenment.
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B.
Bella Notte
"Bella Notte" is the romantic moonlit song from Disney’s animated film *Lady and the Tramp*, best known for underscoring the iconic spaghetti-sharing scene.
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C.
Mezzanotte d’amore
Mezzanotte d’amore is an Italian film featuring actress and singer Romina Power, known as one of her notable screen roles.
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D.
Orizzonti
Orizzonti is a competitive sidebar of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to showcasing cutting-edge, innovative, and trend-setting works in contemporary world cinema.
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E.
Light in the Piazza
Light in the Piazza is a romantic drama film set in Italy that explores the relationship between a young American woman with a developmental disability and a local man, adapted from Elizabeth Spencer’s novella.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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contemporary artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Maurizio Cattelan ⓘ |
| depicts |
Pope John Paul II
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a meteorite striking Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
broken glass
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life-size figure of Pope John Paul II ⓘ meteorite ⓘ red carpet ⓘ |
| firstExhibitedAt | Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ provocative art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStrategy |
irony
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satire ⓘ shock ⓘ staging of a dramatic scene ⓘ |
| hasArtistNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasExhibitionType | gallery exhibition ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | Italian ⓘ |
| hasReception |
criticized by religious groups
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highly controversial ⓘ praised for bold conceptual approach ⓘ widely discussed in art criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of institutional religion
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iconoclasm ⓘ media spectacle ⓘ mortality ⓘ politics of the Catholic Church ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| hasTitle | La Nona Ora ⓘ |
| medium | mixed media installation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial depiction of a pope
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public and institutional controversy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
blasphemy debates in contemporary art
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freedom of artistic expression ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByArtist |
Comedian
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Him ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
papal authority ⓘ religion and power ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collision between sacred and profane
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fallibility of religious authority ⓘ human fragility ⓘ vulnerability of religious authority ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Ninth Hour ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: La Nona Ora Description of subject: La Nona Ora is a provocative contemporary art installation by Maurizio Cattelan depicting Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite, symbolizing the vulnerability and fallibility of religious authority.
Referenced by (5)
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