We are Navigating.art

Navigating.art is a nonprofit that helps art historians and cultural heritage organizations preserve, connect, and publish research as data that can be searched, linked, and updated. We develop digital tools and educational resources so that art-historical knowledge remains accessible, useful, and open to future discovery.

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Everything we do is about protecting and promoting cultural heritage.

Our story

From one catalogue raisonné platform to a nonprofit supporting the wider field of digital art history.

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The Navigating.art platform was initiated in 2019 to support the development of digital catalogues raisonnés at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute.

2019

In 2021, the technical team began operating independently and expanded the platform to serve additional organizations working with art-historical data.

2021

In 2024, Navigating.art became a nonprofit with support from the Hasso Plattner Foundation, bringing its legal status into alignment with its purpose: protecting and promoting cultural heritage.

2024

Today, our multidisciplinary team develops digital tools and freely available educational resources for institutions and researchers working across digital art history.

Today

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Advancing art history through interdisciplinary collaboration.

We advance art history by building digital tools and providing educational resources that help scholars publish research as standardized, interoperable, and durable data, freely accessible worldwide.

We envision a world where art historical knowledge is preserved, interconnected, and accessible to support scholarly research and engage art enthusiasts.

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The Navigating.art team

Navigating.art brings together art historians, designers, developers, and specialists in project management, communications, and finance. This combination of perspectives helps us translate between scholarly requirements and digital possibilities.

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Amir Alizadeh

Frontend Engineer

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Isabel Flores

Product Manager

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Katjana Berndt

Community Engagement and Project Manager

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Dr. Kiersten Thamm

Head of Education and Communications

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Martin Lorenz

Managing Director

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Simon Hohberg

Full Stack Developer

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Hannah Danes

UI/UX Designer

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Michael Reiniger

Full Stack Developer

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Katrin Schönwälder

UI/UX Designer

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Basan Kuberlinov

Frontend Engineer

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Lisa Weiß

Product Lead

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Thilo Lammers

Head of Finance

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