Race Riot
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Race Riot is a 1964 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that appropriates press photographs of civil rights–era police violence to comment on racism and social unrest in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Race Riot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8074663 — 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: Race Riot Context triple: [Death and Disaster, notableWork, Race Riot]
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A.
1967 Newark riots
The 1967 Newark riots were a major urban uprising in Newark, New Jersey, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became one of the most significant and violent civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.
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B.
Salt Riot
The Salt Riot was a major 1648 uprising in Moscow sparked by unpopular salt taxes and broader discontent with corruption and hardship during the early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
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C.
Chicago Race Riot of 1919
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was a major episode of racial violence during the Red Summer in which tensions between Black and white residents erupted into deadly clashes, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.
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D.
Watts riots
The Watts riots were a major six-day civil disturbance in 1965 in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became a defining episode of urban unrest in the United States.
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E.
1967 Detroit rebellion
The 1967 Detroit rebellion was a major, days-long urban uprising against racial injustice and police brutality that became one of the most destructive and pivotal civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.
- 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: Race Riot Target entity description: Race Riot is a 1964 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that appropriates press photographs of civil rights–era police violence to comment on racism and social unrest in the United States.
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A.
1967 Newark riots
The 1967 Newark riots were a major urban uprising in Newark, New Jersey, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became one of the most significant and violent civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.
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B.
Salt Riot
The Salt Riot was a major 1648 uprising in Moscow sparked by unpopular salt taxes and broader discontent with corruption and hardship during the early reign of Tsar Alexis of Russia.
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C.
Chicago Race Riot of 1919
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was a major episode of racial violence during the Red Summer in which tensions between Black and white residents erupted into deadly clashes, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.
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D.
Watts riots
The Watts riots were a major six-day civil disturbance in 1965 in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, sparked by racial tensions and police brutality, that became a defining episode of urban unrest in the United States.
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E.
1967 Detroit rebellion
The 1967 Detroit rebellion was a major, days-long urban uprising against racial injustice and police brutality that became one of the most destructive and pivotal civil disturbances of the 1960s in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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silkscreen painting ⓘ |
| artMedium | silkscreen ink on canvas ⓘ |
| artStyle | appropriation of mass media imagery ⓘ |
| basedOn |
news photographs of civil rights–era police violence
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press photographs ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blue
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red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted work ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName |
Andrew Warhola
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linked to:
Andy Warhol
|
| creatorGender | male ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
African American civil rights protesters
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police dogs attacking protesters ⓘ police officers ⓘ street demonstration ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various contemporary art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| genre | Pop art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later political Pop art ⓘ |
| hasPart | multi-panel composition ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| intendedMeaning |
commentary on racism in the United States
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critique of media representation of violence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | various private collections ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil rights movement
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police violence ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
| movement | Pop art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial racial subject matter
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integration of news imagery into fine art ⓘ use of civil rights press photographs ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Death and Disaster series
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linked to:
Death and Disaster
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| period | 1960s American art ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | photographic silkscreen printing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Race Riot Description of subject: Race Riot is a 1964 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that appropriates press photographs of civil rights–era police violence to comment on racism and social unrest in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
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