Frida Kahlo

29th June 2005 50 mins Season 6 Episode 2

Alan Yentob travels to Mexico to take a closer look at the colourful life of the artist and feminist icon Frida Kahlo, and assess the complex portfolio she left behind. With some of her works sold for over $10m (£5.5m), since she died in 1954 she has become Latin America’s greatest artistic export.

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