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Museum shares big ideas about 'Big Paintings'

March 25, 2015 12:00 am • Last Updated: March 24, 2015 10:45 pm

The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme presents a series of free lectures to accompany the current exhibition, "Peter Halley: Big Paintings." Lectures begin at 5 p.m. and light receptions follow.

On Saturday, Tim Griffin, executive director of The Kitchen in New York, will present "Cells & Conduits: Peter Halley in His Contemporary Contexts," covering some of Halley's earliest exhibitions and writings.

The series continues on Saturday, April 11, with "Peter Halley: Utopia/Dystopia" and concludes with "My 1980s and Other Readings" on Saturday, April 25.

The Florence Griswold Museum is at 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme. For more information, visit www.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org or call (860) 434-5542, ext. 111.

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