"Everybody at MoMA knew about Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo that heavy Mexican art, " says the 33-year-old.
But this megalopolis of almost nine million people has far more to show than Diego Rivera murals and Aztec totems.
Diego Rivera had a panel glorifying Lenin in a mural and Attilio Piccirilli snuck fascist imagery into architectural sculpture.
We could pore over each corner of Diego Rivera's murals and walk among Warhols, Rembrandts and Egyptian mummies.
Busloads of people, many of whom don't know a da Vinci from a Diego Rivera, do that every day.
Painting attracted him: in the late 1930s, in Mexico, he had spent his Sunday afternoons with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
The museum entrance leads to a large patio where pre-Columbian sculptures collected by Diego Rivera throughout his lifetime are scattered among the plants and fountains.
Monuments, such as Mexico city's lavish anthropology museum, were built in their honour, and artists like Diego Rivera glorified Indian history in their government-commissioned murals.
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Much can be learned about both her private and public life by visiting the home she shared, first with her parents and later with her painter husband, Diego Rivera.
One block north lie the pre-Hispanic ruins of Templo Mayor, believed by the Aztecs to be the centre of the universe, and just a stone's throw from the site is Palacio Nacional, which houses dramatic Diego Rivera murals.
Lowry belongs to the powerful tradition of northern European expressionism and, among his many affinities, Spencer compares with the great Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera: fittingly, the travelling Spencer show has also been in Mexico city.
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