Edgar Hernandez

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Edgar Hernandez |Edgar Hernández |Édgar Hernández |Dorian Batycka |Benjamin Sutton

On a crisp morning in January, tourists lined up by the dozen outside the Museo Nacional de Antropología (MNA) in Mexico City. As they waited in line to access one of the most-visited museums in the world—3.7 million visitors in 2024 according to Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), which manages the museum—they eyed the labour union banners canvassing the entrance.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Natalie Schachar |Edgar Hernandez |Edgar Hernández |Édgar Hernández

Just 16 years ago, the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Muac) opened its doors to the public on the sprawling campus of Mexico’s storied national university, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Unam). In that short span, it has become a revered public institution in the full sense of the word: a leader in the display and conservation of contemporary art, a required destination for visitors and a recognised authority among its peer institutions in Mexico City.