We are Navigating.art

Cultural heritage exists in databases, paper archives, books, and collections across the globe. New digital tools can help connect these separate resources, facilitate collaboration, and enhance transparency.

Navigating.art, a nonprofit organization, preserves and advances cultural heritage by equipping teams with the tools they need to create and publish digital catalogues raisonnés and archives with precision.

Everything we do is about protecting and promoting cultural heritage.

Our story

In 2021, a group of art historians and developers recognized the potential of new technologies to support the creation of digital catalogues raisonnés and archives for global audiences. Navigating.art has since applied digital approaches to meet the needs of institutions, which broadens access to historic materials and reduces barriers to comprehensive research.

We became a nonprofit organization in 2024, with support from the Hasso Plattner Foundation, to align its legal status with its mission to preserve and advance cultural heritage.

About the Hasso Plattner Foundation  

The Hasso Plattner Foundation pursues philanthropic initiatives to educate and inspire generations and create positive societal change in the areas of science, environmental conservation, and art.

Media enquiries

Press coverage of our impact

Steering Ahead of Art and Time, .Art Odyssey

Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse Drawings, E-Flux

Hauser & Wirth Institute publishes Franz Kline's catalogue raisonné, Art Daily

Remembering Franz Kline, who championed expressionism and paved the way for minimalism, Document

Prof. Robert S. Mattison finalizes online catalog of artist Franz Kline, Lafayette

The Letters of Picasso’s Dealer and a Century’s Worth of Impressionist Archives Are Going Online, ArtNet

Secret papers on famous artists, including Gauguin, Renoir and Monet to be revealed, The Art Newspaper

Our affiliations and nominations

Press releases

  • Boy with a Crow (Poika ja varis)_1884_GallenKallela

    Introducing: Akseli Gallen-Kallela catalogue raisonné project

  • Waterloo Bridge_1900 or 1901_Monet

    Announcing "The Pastels," the First Release of "Claude Monet: The Revised Catalogue Raisonné" from the WPI

  • Eva Hesse / Hauser & Wirth

    Eva Hesse’s Complete Body of Works on Paper Published in New Digital Catalogue Raisonné

Full artwork attributions and copyright information are available in the imprint.