{"id":6276,"date":"2021-11-12T10:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.qc.cuny.edu\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:43:19","slug":"queens-college-library-acquires-barbara-rosenthal-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/library\/2021\/11\/12\/queens-college-library-acquires-barbara-rosenthal-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens College Library Acquires Barbara Rosenthal Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Barbara Rosenthal Photo by Rhys Votano<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The archival collection of influential cross-media artist Barbara Rosenthal \u201975<\/a>, \u201cOld Master of New Media,\u201d has been acquired by Queens College CUNY in a combined sale and donation facilitated by a generous patron. The artist\u2019s materials are being organized and transported in stages to the newly renovated Pine Tree Foundation Special Collections within the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library.<\/p>\n

Born in the Bronx, Barbara Rosenthal\u2014no relation to the library\u2019s namesake\u2014studied at numerous local institutions, including the Arts Students League of New York and New York University, before completing a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. At Queens College, she earned an MFA in painting. In the decades since she graduated, she built up an international career, holding solo exhibitions and residencies across North America and Europe and winning acclaim for her distinctive photography, installations, and performance art.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarbara Rosenthal’s lifetime of record-keeping, notes, drafts, versions, and materials for every project in many media, plus household and moment-to-moment life-recording and professional correspondences, holds enormous value for current and future generations of artists and researchers,\u201d said Annie Tummino, Head of Special Collections and Archives. \u201cHer archives are revelatory of the creative process in ways unique among our archival collections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Rosenthal speak about her work, archival collection, and the acquisition here:<\/p>\n