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Everyone needs an art friend. Introducing Art Friend from MPR News, a new segment with the MPR News arts team. Art spaces can feel exclusive and art can be confusing, obtuse, even boring. But, especially with the right context, everyone can be a critic. So let us be your guide, your Art Friend. 

Art Friend: ‘Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s’

MPR News’ Art Friend goes to an art exhibition at the Walker Art Center to explore and reflect on the dynamic and politically charged artworks from the Eastern Bloc, particularly struck by Gyola Konkoly's "Bleeding Monument" and its themes of resilience and transient beauty.


Art Friend

Art Friend: Our arts critic takes a teacher to see a subversive piece at the Walker