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Frida Kahlo and Tax
A Frida Kahlo mural covers the wall outside City Tax in the Mission — street art next to a tax accountant's storefront.
This Frida Kahlo mural covers the wall outside City Tax, a small accounting office in the Mission. The pairing is funny on its own — her face, painted in the bold color palette she’s known for, right next to a storefront doing tax returns.
The Mission has murals like this scattered across dozens of blocks, most famously in Balmy Alley and Clarion Alley, but plenty show up on ordinary commercial buildings the way this one does. Someone decided a tax office needed color, and Frida Kahlo was the answer.
It’s not a formal gallery piece and there’s no plaque explaining it. It’s just there, on a wall you’d otherwise walk past without noticing.
For more Mission murals and walks, see the Mission District guide.