Mårten Snickare

Mårten Snickare is a Professor at Stockholm University's Department of Culture and Aesthetics, where he has worked since 2006. He coordinates research and postgraduate studies while teaching courses in the International Master’s Programme in Art History (launched 2017), focusing on performativity and postcolonial theory.

• Specializes in Baroque studies as historical period and transhistorical category
• Current research examines visual/material traces of Swedish colonial history
• Former curator at Nationalmuseum with expertise in old master drawings

His publications explore:

• Baroque performativity in Rome
• Colonial object histories
• Postcolonial museum practices
• Cultural transgression in art

Recent work includes analyzing Sami ceremonial drums and 17th-century Native American tomahawks in Swedish collections.