When Breton traveled to Mexico in 1938 to visit the exiled Trotsky, he discovered pre-Hispanic art.

Anahuacalli is a museum designed by Diego Rivera to house his personal collection of pre-Hispanic art.

A Map Designed by Diego Rivera to house his collection of pre-Hispanic art, this museum, 3.5km south of Coyoacán, is a fortresslike building made of dark volcanic stone.

After lunch at a low-key restaurant, we admire the beautiful pre-hispanic art at the Amparo museum and peek into baroque churches.

Anything from pre-Hispanic art to mind-boggling modern kinetic pieces may be showcased here in temporary exhibitions.

Other pre-Hispanic art was produced for inner, rather than outward, meaning.

The end of this millennium coincides with the closing of "Los Maya," a lavish exhibition of pre-Hispanic art held in Venice last year.

Kitchen implements, jewelry, outfits, books and other objects from the artist's everyday life are interspersed with art, photos and letters, as well as a variety of pre-Hispanic art and Mexican crafts.

In his later work Montenegro evolved an abstract style, although he never lost his interest in popular, pre-Hispanic and colonial art.

His works are based on their pre-Hispanic Andean art and family influences.