Contxt is a software platform for museums, collections and other exhibitors. It connects collection management, curatorial content and publishing.
We believe intelligent software fundamentally changes the way collections and archives are built, maintained and interacted with. We build tools that turn decades of scattered records into a connected, living resource: one that helps your team maintain information, answer questions and uncover the stories already present in your archive.
Collection records, curatorial documents and published stories belong together. Contxt connects them around the objects, people and exhibitions they concern, so information remains useful wherever your team needs it.
Intelligent workflows help automate recurring tasks, from researching information and standardising records to linking documents to the right objects and people. Your team reviews the suggestions and decides which changes to accept.
An exhibition catalogue can inform a new object description; an installation report can help plan the next presentation. Contxt brings that knowledge back into view, helping your team use the work your institution has already done.
Suggested connections and duplicate records can be reviewed before you accept them. Recorded decisions and change histories let you see how your information developed and who changed it.
Your collection should remain useful as your tools and requirements change. We build around open standards, import and export, and connections to existing systems, so you can decide how Contxt fits into your institution.
Hosted Contxt includes unlimited collection records and read-only guest access. Bring your collection, curatorial material and exhibition history together, with room for the knowledge your team continues to build.
Lukas is an entrepreneur and cultural strategist whose work connects art, technology and institutions. As co-founding Artistic Director of 1OF1, a collection focused on art of the digital age, he shaped its curatorial vision and led collaborations with MoMA in New York, Serpentine in London, M+ in Hong Kong and Christie’s. Before that, he co-founded Projekt Interim, creating spaces for creative work across Switzerland.
He has spoken at Christie’s Art+Tech and Global Art Forum, and holds a B.A. in Law from the University of St. Gallen.
David is a developer, technologist and artist with more than ten years of experience across AI, decentralised technologies and civic tech. He founded Pushdat, where he built software using language models and researched how AI could support design processes. He also co-founded the civic-tech think tank Dezentrum, where he helped develop Ting, and Trust Square, Zurich’s blockchain hub.
Alongside his work in technology, David maintains an independent conceptual art practice. He holds a Master of Arts in Transdisciplinary Studies from Zurich University of the Arts.
Collections and archives hold knowledge built up over years. Contxt brings existing documentation and new insights together, so that knowledge stays with your institution and your team can build on it.
The knowledge is often already there, spread across different sources. Contxt helps your team see the connections and find answers grounded in your own documentation.
Contxt automates recurring tasks and brings changes to your team for review. That leaves more time for research, interpretation and sharing knowledge with your audiences.
Knowledge becomes stories that connect people with art and culture. Contxt helps you shape and publish those stories for different audiences, in the exhibition and beyond.
We build for the people who preserve cultural knowledge, keep it up to date and make it accessible: