# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNA8OFItSCn
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-06T13:09:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

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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 acts of vandalism be clarified.”

Among the signatories was artist Magali Lara, whose ongoing career retrospective at the MUAC is visible from the gallery windows facing the esplanade. “It looks more like ‘shock groups’ than a real protest,” she said, referring to the historic use of paid groups to subvert righteous causes in Mexico. “I think it is very dangerous that the UNAM or any other public institution be exposed in this manner to groups that are bent, it appears to me, on destruction.” 

To read the full story by Mari Carmen Barrios Giordano (mcbg_barrios), visit the link in bio.
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Facade of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City after recent protests (photo María del Carmen Barrios/Hyperallergic)

#Protest #Gentrification #CDMX #UNAM

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