Vicki Goldberg, the photography critic for The New York Times, will deliver the Georges Lurcy Lecture Saturday, Oct. 4, at 3 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell University.

Goldberg will speak on "Photography Storms the Gates of Art," a presentation on the rise of photography to the level of an art form, as evidenced by its inclusion in museum collections.

Goldberg, recipient of the 1997 Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography, is an author and a regular contributor to both the daily and the Sunday editions of The New York Times.

Goldberg's lecture will complement the exhibition "American Photographs: The First Century," a selection of photographs from the Isaacs Collection in the National Museum of American Art. This exhibition is on display at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art through Nov. 2.

The Georges Lurcy Lecture is organized by the Johnson Museum and made possible by a grant from the Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust.

An informal reception at the Johnson Museum will follow Goldberg's lecture.

The Johnson Museum, located on the Cornell campus, is free and open to the public, Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.