Gale Memorial Lecture Series
The Gale Memorial Lecture Series was established in memory of Dr. David Gale and his wife Sylvia whose generosity made the series possible.
Since the establishment of the David and Sylvia Gale Endowment in 1993, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series has thrived, and many students have benefitted from the scholarship. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Gale Memorial Lecture Series 26-27
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 5:30 pm
Albuquerque Museum Auditorium
2000 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva is a New York based writer and art historian specializing in queer art and culture. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. Her writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Cultured, Ursula Magazine, Artforum, frieze, Hyperallergic, as well as various artist monographs and exhibition catalogues. Soboleva was a Vilcek Curatorial Fellow at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and LGBTQ+ History at the New-York Historical. She is the recipient of the 2022 Baxter St. Camera Club Guest Curatorial Initiative, the 2025 Dora Maar Cultural Center Fellowship, the 2026 Emily Harvey Foundation Residency, and the 2026 Tee Corinne Travel Fellowship Award. Soboleva practices an autobiographical approach to art history and an art historical approach to autobiography. She is currently completing her book manuscript “What Happens After: Art, AIDS, and Lesbian Histories” and developing a book and exhibition project on queer artists who turn to the sky as a space of imagination. Soboleva teaches at NYU Steinhardt.
Event Presented by:
- UNM Department of Art
- UNM Art Museum
- UNM Women’s Resource Center
- Tamarind Institute