Rebuild Foundation (Stony Island Arts Bank)

CTL-E-0812 · Person · unspecified

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Theaster Gates's Rebuild Foundation, steward of the Stony Island Arts Bank collections.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-068; source research type(s): custodian. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Mellon Foundation (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0812 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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