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Rivera was husband to [[Frida Kahlo]] and was an associate of [[Leon Trotsky]] during Trotsky's last days in Mexico.
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Rivera was husband or artist [[Frida Kahlo]] and was an associate of [[Leon Trotsky]] during Trotsky's last days in Mexico.
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At the [[Detroit]] Institute of Arts, the museum's central courtyard is decorated with a series of 27 murals by the Mexican painter Diego Rivera that depict the automobile industry.
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At the [[Detroit]] Institute of Arts, the museum's central courtyard is decorated with a series of 27 murals by the Mexican painter Diego Rivera that depict the automobile industry. Industrialist [[Nelson Rockefeller]] commissioned a mural by Rivera, though later ordered it painted over, due to some pro-[[socialist]] imagery in the work.  A duplicate mural is now in [[Mexico City]] Museum of Fine Arts.<ref>[http://gomexico.about.com/od/sights/ss/df_walking_9.htm Mexico City Museum of Fine Arts]
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== See also ==
 
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