Larry Qualls (D. December 3, 2022) was an American visual arts archival documentarian, editor, and art critic whose library of images the "Larry Qualls Archive" (100,000 images documenting 30 years of
New York City
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gallery exhibitions) was acquired by
ARTSTOR
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Qualls was a past associate editor of
Performing Arts journal
''PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art'', originally ''Performing Arts Journal'', is a triannual academic journal of the arts that was established in 1976 by Gautam Dasgupta and Bonnie Marranca, who still is the editor-in-chief. It has taken a pa ...
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an academic publication for which he also authored many articles over the course of several decades. He was also a frequent presence on the New York City art scene and his appearances were often noted by among other sources the
New York Social Diary
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History
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Qualls was also a contributor to the late art magazine
Art on Paper.
References
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American art critics
American archivists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)