Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo are an important aspect of the Hispanic world and well-known names in Latin art. Rivera and Kahlo knew many famous painters such as Duchamp, Siqueiros, Orozco and Picasso. Picasso became a great friend of the family. Kahlo influenced many places in Mexico. There are many landmarks not only in Mexico but around the world. The Frida Kahlo Museum is located in Coyoacan, Mexico, in her home Casa Azul (blue house), this is the same place where Kahlo was born, raised, lived with her husband Rivera and died (Gale, 1996). The museum houses collections and houses the personal effects of both artists, shedding light on the lifestyles of wealthy Mexican writers and artists during the first half of the century. The Dolores Olmedo Museum at Hacienda La Noria is another 16th century monastery house-museum, includes many of Kahlo's famous paintings such as "The Broken Pillar", "Luther Burbank" and contains a large amount of artwork by Rivera (Gale, 1996). Rivera's murals of his wife Frida, himself, and various members of their family and friends can be found at the Secretariat of Public Education (where he met his wife), the National Palace in Mexico City, the Museum de la Alameda and the Palace of Fine Arts (Gale, 1996). Diego Rivera was considered the best Mexican painter of the twentieth century; he had a huge influence on art around the world. Rivera wanted to create his own pictorial fashion. Despite encountering the works of great masters such as Gauguin, Renoir and Matisse, he was still searching for a new form of painting to call his own (Tibol, 1983). His desire was to be able to reach a wide audience and at the same time express the difficulties of his generation, and that is exactly what h...... middle of paper ...... country made from his wounds, he believed that regardless of the country's political failures, the Mexican Revolution was a cultural success (Fuentes, 1995). Works Cited Frida Kahlo. (n.d.). Retrieved from Myths of Latin America: http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/LA260/frida.htmFuentes, C. (1995). Frida Kahlo's diary An intimate self-portrait. New York: A Times Mirror Company. Gale, R. (1996). The Frida Kahlo Museum. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from Mexconnect: www.mexconnect.com/articles/1379-the-frida-kahlo-museumGrimberg, S. (2008). Frida Kahlo Song of herself. New York: Merrell Publishers Limited.Habell-Pallan, M., & Romero, M. (2002). Latin/A popular culture. New York University Press.Tibol, R. (1983). Frida Kahlo An open life. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Watts, G. (2005). Frida Kahlo. British GP timetable, 646-647.