Video: Murals of Mexico City

In the first of a video series inspired by the Royal Academy exhibition Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 we take a look at the Mexican mural programme of the early 20th century, and the huge impact it had on the art of the period.

Find out more:

• Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City This museum houses Diego Rivera's mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park (Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central).

• Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City A cultural centre which is also home to murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros.

• San Ildefonso College, Mexico City A former Jesuit boarding school that is now a museum and cultural centre, San Ildefonso College contains numerous murals by José Clemente Orozco and other artists.

• Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Studio Museum, Mexico City This museum, once the home of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, consists of two adjacent buildings designed by the architect Juan O'Gorman. Rivera used one of the buildings as his studio and living space, Kahlo the other. They are connected by a rooftop walkway.

• Teotihuacan Known as "The City of the Gods", Teotihuacan is a pre-Columbian archaelogicial site 40km from Mexico City famous for its pyramid complex and Avenue of the Dead.

• Oral history interview with Marion Greenwood An interview with the American muralist whose work can be seen in the Abelardo Rodríguez market in Mexico City.

RA Magazine travelled to Mexico courtesy of the Mexico Tourism Board

• Royal Academy of Arts