The biographical material formerly included in the directory is issued separately as Who's who in American art, 1936/37-

Explores how one group of Latin American artists express their relationship to American art, history and culture.

In this dictionary of American art, 945 alphabetically arranged entries cover painters, sculptors, graphic artists, photographers, printmakers, and contemporary hybrid artists, along with important aspects of the cultural infrastructure.

Explores the formation of public and private collections of Spanish Colonial and modern Latin American art throughout the United States, and the impact of the ever-changing political landscape of Latin American countries.