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After Hours Opening Night Party: Multiple Realities

A woman laughs while holding a drink and talking to a man at a party where the room is bathed in purple light.
Attendees at Avant Garden, 2022. Photo: Carina Lofgren for the Walker Art Center.

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Join us for the opening night celebration of Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s! Featuring:

Live music from Gully Boys
Late-night gallery access
Art-making workshops
DJ sets from Transmission
Experimental animated films
Surprise performances
And more!

Be the first to experience the witty, ironic, and surprising art within Multiple Realities at this party you won’t want to miss.

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For information about accessibility or to request additional accommodations for this program, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.

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Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s is organized by the Walker Art Center. Major support is provided by Martha and Bruce Atwater. Additional support is provided by Carlo Bronzini Vender, James Cahn and Jeremiah Collatz, Charlotte Feng Ford, Martha Gabbert, Karen and Ken Heithoff, John L. Thomson, the Weiser Family Foundation, and Anonymous. Exhibition research was supported by a curatorial fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Media partner Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

The exhibition catalogue is generously supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of Walker Art Center publications.

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