Internationally renowned Kent artist Tracey Emin is stranded in Thailand after an emergency admission to hospital.

The artist, from Margate, was flying home from Australia when she began to experience “horrible complications” from an infection in her intestines.

The 60-year-old was then forced to pause her journey in Thailand and check into Bangkok Hospital in Phuket.

After spending several days on the ward, Tracey was able to move to luxury resort Amanpuri to continue her recovery.

In a rare post on social media, Tracey described her experience: “I’ve been travelling and I’ve been very unwell. Not cancer but horrible complications with my intestines brought on by an infection, scar tissue and made a million times worse by flying.

“My small intestine nearly exploded. Luckily for me I was in Thailand on my way back from Australia, so I spent a few days in a very good hospital.

“Now recovering in luxury. Apart from using up another one of my nine lives, I’d say I was very lucky.

“I’m now on a special diet and will fly when I’m well enough. Meanwhile it’s absolutely fantastic to be in love, not to be in pain and know how lucky I am.”

Ms Emin, who was raised in Margate and returned to live in her hometown in 2020, battled bladder cancer during lockdown and now has a urostomy bag.

The artist previously told how medics feared she could die after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer.

She has spoken about living with a urostomy bag and the "debilitating" after-effects of the disease, which act as a reminder of her scrape with death.

The 60-year-old had been in Australia for work, with a new show featuring her work opening in Canberra last month.

But while travelling home in time for Christmas she was forced to take a break from her long journey in Thailand due to a complication with an intestinal infection.

For now she is staying in Thailand, at the £5000-a-night luxury hotel popular with celebrities including Kate Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Gates.

Concluding her post on Instagram, Ms Emin thanked Bangkok hospital for their care and Amanpuri for looking after her.