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New Mexico Museum of Art News: 

New Mexico Museum of Art Curator Katherine Ware will give a lecture at the museum Friday, July 22, with an opening reception for Transgressions + Amplifications: Mixed-Media Photography of the 1960s and 1970s. Admission is free.

WHO: Curator Katherine Ware 

WHAT: Free lecture and opening reception in celebration of the newest exhibition at New Mexico Museum of Art, Transgressions + Amplifications: Mixed-Media Photography of the 1960s and 1970s. At a time when the black-and-white camera image dominated the field of photography, a small cadre of American artists began developing new approaches to the medium that brought photography into conversation with other art forms. More than 100 photographs are featured in this noteworthy exhibition. 

WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 22 

WHERE: The Plaza Building of the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 West Palace Ave., Santa Fe 

WHY: The free lecture, with a reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will provide insight into the events and atmosphere that shaped the work of a group of mid-twentieth-century American artists engaged in exploring the question: What defines a photograph?