Frida Kahlo Exhibition - Making Her Self Up - Having had a passion for the work of Frida Kahlo and her parrots for many years, this years Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition was a must on our do do list.

The Frida Kahlo exhibition presented an extraordinary collection of personal artefacts and clothing belonging to the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Locked away for 50 years after her death, the collection had never before been exhibited outside Mexico. Although it largely was a display of her clothing and personal belongings it was a stunningly vibrant insight into her life, loves, passions and sadly short life.

'an extraordinary testimony to suffering and spirit, Frida will forever be in my mind whilst painting parrots.'

Frida Kahlo de Rivera born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón; ( 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) she was a Mexican artist who painted many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artefacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, post colonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society.^[1] Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy.