{"id":129589,"date":"2026-04-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=129589"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:32:20","slug":"13-00-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=129589","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Artist Forced to Close Mexico City Exhibit for \u2018Safety Reasons\u2019 After Antisemitic Harassment, Vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/03\/31\/israeli-artist-forced-close-mexico-city-exhibit-safety-reasons-antisemitic-harassment-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israeli Artist Forced to Close Mexico City Exhibit for \u2018Safety Reasons\u2019 After Antisemitic Harassment, Vandalism<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-26T202651Z_1996705110_MT1SOPAMG8673_RTRMADP_3_SOPA-2.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Pro-Palestinian protesters and vandals hold a flag during a demonstration against Amir Fattal, an openly Zionist Israeli graphic artist. They later spray-painted the facade of the private K\u00d6NIG GALERIE gallery, where he was exhibiting some of his AI-generated works. Photo: Gerardo Vieyra \/ SOPA Images via Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">An Israeli artist based in Berlin was forced to close his solo exhibition at a Mexico City gallery a week earlier than planned following continued antisemitic harassment, a protest at his exhibit, and vandalism of the gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Artist and curator Amir Fattal shared the news on Instagram about the closing of his exhibit, \u201cI\u2019m Just Here For The Pool,\u201d at the K\u00f6nig contemporary art gallery. The show opened on Feb. 3 and was expected to close on April 1, according to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV5qTo5ioYa\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the gallery.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On March 26, pro-Palestinian activists spray-painted antisemitic and anti-Israel messages and symbols across the outer walls of the K\u00f6nig gallery. Swastikas, Star of Davids, the word \u201cNazi,\u201d and more offensive messages were spray-painted along with the number \u201c666.\u201d The number is used by the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist group, and it signifies the \u201cnumber of the beast,\u201d according to the Anti-Defamation League. On the door of the gallery, a vandal carved a swastika and the phrase \u201cacqui hay terroristas,\u201d which translates in English to \u201chere there are terrorists.\u201d The same phrase was written in chalk on the street in front of the gallery, according to photos shared by Reuters. <\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWX6eB7DtA9\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.algemeiner.com&amp;rp=%2F2026%2F03%2F31%2Fisraeli-artist-forced-close-mexico-city-exhibit-safety-reasons-antisemitic-harassment-vandalism%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1654.6000000014901%2C%22ls%22%3A54.5%2C%22le%22%3A425.3999999985099%7D\" width=\"650\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On March 21, during a guided tour of the gallery, roughly 15 demonstrators gathered outside, chanted against Fattal, and called him \u201ca murderer\u201d and \u201ca Mossad agent,\u201d according to Artnet.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"condensed-newsletter-signup\">\n<div class=\"trigger-wrapper\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fattal explained in an Instagram\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWRpz3Ejo64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>\u00a0that he had been \u201cthe target of a coordinated wave of hate both online and in real life\u201d in Mexico City, and much of the harassment has been \u201cout right [sic] antisemitic.\u201d One comment he received on social media said, \u201cGet back to Auschwitz, if you come Mexico we\u2019ll put in to a German oven.\u201d Another comment read, \u201cHow many of your ancestors can I fit into an ashtray?\u201d The artist claimed the online harassment stems mainly from accounts that he believes are owned by real users and not bots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cPeople have been sending me hundreds of hate messages, threats \u2026 a group even came to protest me in-person outside my exhibition,\u201d he said. \u201cI ended up needing to get a police escort\u2026 The reason of all of that was the simple fact that I was born in Tel Aviv. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fattal, who has been living in Berlin for 25 years, said his artwork does not address politics, nor does his social media activity. \u201cAnd yet, my identity alone has been enough to trigger this level of hostility,\u201d he noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fattal has a studio in Mexico City where he spends winters, according to Artnet. He told the publication that local authorities were notified about the vandalism and protest on March 26, and \u201cleft shortly after speaking with the organizers of the protest.\u201d However, they did not return, \u201cdespite repeated requests,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Artist Forced to Close Mexico City Exhibit for \u2018Safety Reasons\u2019 After Antisemitic Harassment, Vandalism Shiryn Ghermezian Pro-Palestinian protesters and vandals hold a flag during a demonstration against Amir Fattal, an openly Zionist Israeli graphic artist. 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