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I’m a historian of global modern art with an emphasis on Europe and the Americas, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Kunsthistorische Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin.

My current research focuses on interdisciplinary, transnational, and transcultural histories of abstract art, and the intersections of art, craft, and design, particularly in Germany, Russia, and France.

I received my PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University in 2023. Prior to this, I earned an MA in Art History from Williams College and a BA from the University of Colorado Boulder.

My pronouns are he/him.

You can reach me at m.boersma [at] fu-berlin [dot] de.