A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on July 20, as demonstrations against rising housing prices and the growing displacement of local residents continue across the city. According to one of the organizers, Náme Villa del Ángel, the protest was not meant to arrive at UNAM’s campus, but had branched off from the planned route after being harassed and kettled by riot police. The previous day, organizers had explicitly called for a peaceful protest on social media, citing the possibility that the march might face a smear campaign. The extent of the damage, and a perceived incongruity between the cause of the march and the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo’s (MUAC) public mission, generated a local news avalanche. A group of notable academics and artists, including Graciela de la Torre, a former MUAC director, issued a statement condemning the events and demanding “the origin of these...