WattsOS assigns a trust score to every data source in the hierarchy. When sources conflict, the higher-authority record wins — and both are preserved with full provenance at the field level.
This is the difference between a database and a directory. A maker's birth year on WattsOS is not just recorded — it is sourced, scored, and defensible.
WattsOS is built for the moments when a decision depends on knowing what is true about visual culture — and where that truth came from.
WattsOS serves anyone who needs the art world on the record. If you're working on something the record should be part of, we'd like to know.
WattsOS indexes the people who make visual culture — artists, designers, architects, photographers, fashion designers, and other practitioners — whose work has been publicly exhibited, published, reviewed, collected, or otherwise engaged with beyond their own network.
Search for your name. If WattsOS has already indexed your work through a gallery, museum, archive, or publication, you can claim and edit your profile.
Claimed makers can update bio, website, representation, and exhibition history. All edits are source-verified.
Search for your profileSubmit your work for review. Share where it has been seen — exhibitions, publications, press, reviews, or collection placements.
Every request is reviewed by the WattsOS editorial team. Most responses arrive within a few days. Approvals, requests for more detail, and honest declines all come with specifics.
Submit a requestCanonical records. Source-verified facts. Institutional provenance. For the galleries, auction houses, museums, and researchers who set the record.