A new exhibition of the works of Mexico's most famous artist is opening in London. Titled "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up", the exhibition includes many of her personal belongings, even her medication and specially designed corsets worn after a near-fatal bus crash.

A self-portrait with the distinctive monobrow of Mexico's most famous artist, Frida Kahlo.

It's part of a new exhibition launching at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. It brings together the artwork, photographs and personal belongings of the revered 20th-Century artist.

Kahlo's life was blighted by ill health, with medical aids and medication a major part of the exhibition. But her disabilities did not stop her art - in fact, they inspired it.

Director of the Museo Frida Kahlo describes this exhibition as a "contemporary interpretation".

HILDA TRUJILLO DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEO FRIDA KAHLO "I think this is a contemporary interpretation but the main thing is it keeps the spirit, keeps the originality and understands the intimacy of Frida Kahlo."

This intimacy includes letters from her husband Diego Rivera - and from one of her lovers, Nickolas Murray. Some of the items included in the exhibition had never left Mexico before.

Kahlo's personal items were locked away in her home for half a century after her death in 1954 before they went on public show. Her home, known as La Casa Azul, is now a museum in her honour. And she is remembered as a proponent of Mexican culture at a time when Paris and New York dominated fashions.

XIMENA JORDAN FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA ANAHUACALLI MUSEUM "When she was alive she set out to shine a light on the traditional dress of Oaxaca, Mexico, especially Tlahuitoltepec. In doing so, she was alive during a time period when the famous women in Mexico weren't doing that, they were doing things but they weren't highlighting the value of the textile art and the general appearance of the Mexican woman."

Kahlo is now considered one of the most significant artists of the 20th Century. Her work is sold at auction for enormous sums - a painting titled "Two Lovers in a Forest" went for eight million US dollars in 2016.

"Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up" runs to November 4th. DSY, CGTN.