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  "description": "Canonical, machine-readable knowledge graph for Metaconceptual Art. Each node carries a stable site ID and, where it corresponds to a real concept, person, or movement, a Wikidata QID plus the art-domain authority IDs (Getty ULAN for people, Getty AAT for concepts, Grove Art Online) so the museum connects outward to both the general and the art-specific linked-data graph. The works are also published as a set of CIDOC-CRM-correct Linked Art (API 1.0) records — digital objects, a textual work, a group, a concept, a collection set, and a provenance activity — each with a HAL _links block and served as application/ld+json. The dataset distinguishes origin from publication: Sun & Rain Works was established in 2005, Metaconceptual Art was created as a movement in 2007, 2009 receipts and metadata are treated as early-work evidence, and 2026 is the public linked-data publication layer.",
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  "linkedArtBase": "https://www.metaconceptualart.com/data/linked-art/",
  "linkedArtDiscovery": "https://www.metaconceptualart.com/data/linked-art/activity-stream",
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    "portfolioStagingPolicy": "https://www.metaconceptualart.com/data/profile/1.0/portfolio-staging-policy.jsonld",
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      "description": "A diagrammatic emblem for the eight-sentence proposition set: repetition, rotation, and system held in a compact visual sign.",
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      "description": "The knowledge graph treated as an artwork: relations, authorities, claims, and viewers arranged as a walkable system.",
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      "description": "A citable linked-open-data record defining the evidence standard for Metaconceptual Art as a natural, credible, and valid movement.",
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      "description": "A record describing the private archive Sun & Rain Works holds for its 2009 Sotheby's engagement — 2008 correspondence, the consignment of an Ansel Adams photograph (lot 16), domain/hosting receipts for www.wtfisart.com, photographs, and metadata. These evidence the artist identity, the engagement, and the website's date; they do not record a witnessed live-creation event. Independently verifiable: the public catalogue lot (N08533).",
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