Book Description: This volume is a unique contribution to Latin
American studies because it underscores the essential role that
women have played in the arenas of modern and contemporary art.
[This book] provides valuable and much-needed assistance to the
researcher. (From the foreword by Elizabeth Ferrer) With more
than 1,500 references on nearly 800 women Latin American Women
Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else pays tribute to the rich and
multifaceted artistic accomplishments of women in and from 20th-
century Latin America. Frida Kahlo has until recently dominated
the interest of scholars, curators, and the public to the point
of almost eclipsing the achievements of other artists from the
region. This selectively annotated bibliography begins
systematically to identify other women — painters, sculptors,
printmakers, photographers, performance artists, and others —
who have made significant contributions to the history of art in
the region.The first section, the main part of the work,
consists of individual ar