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    We are Navigating.art

    Everything we do is about protecting and promoting cultural heritage.

    Our cultural heritage currently lives in databases, paper archives, books, and collections across the globe, limited in accessibility by outdated technology and processes. But new digital tools can help connect those silos, encourage collaboration, and enhance transparency.

    Navigating.art is a nonprofit organization that exists to protect and promote cultural heritage by empowering teams with the tools they need to smoothly create and publish digital catalogues raisonnés and archives. 

    Our story

    In 2021, a group of art historians and developers recognized the potential of new technologies to ease the creation of digital catalogues raisonnés and archives for global audiences. Navigating.art has since applied digital strategies to meet the needs of institutions increasing the availability of historic materials and lowering the barrier to comprehensive research. It became a nonprofit organization in 2024, supported by the Hasso Plattner Foundation, bringing its legal status in line with its mission to protect and promote cultural heritage.  

     

    About the Hasso Plattner Foundation  

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

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    Catalogues raisonnés announcements

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    Introducing: Akseli Gallen-Kallela catalogue raisonné project

    Developed under the Nordic Art Intelligence foundation and based on research conducted by Aivi...

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

    Using the Navigating.art platform, the Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI) publishes new research...

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    RECENT LAUNCH

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

    Hauser & Wirth Institute and the Estate of Eva Hesse release first-ever compilation of every known...

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    Press coverage of our impact

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    Steering Ahead of Art and Time

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    Forms Larger and Bolder: EVA HESSE DRAWINGS

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    Hauser & Wirth Institute’s Mission to Make Artist Archives Freely Available

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    ART DAILY
    Hauser & Wirth Institute publishes Franz Kline's catalogue raisonné

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

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

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

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