Since December, the museum has offered a series of films that have influenced Burton, including "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," "Plan 9 From Outer Space," "Nosferatu," "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "The Brain That Wouldn't Die." St. Louisans can check out the MOMA website for a full list if they want to Netflix the series. A fine set of education programs also continues through April 26. Anyone interested in an example of top-notch programming for all ages should visit www.moma.org/timburton. The museum has also shown a complete retrospective of his feature films and shorts.

Burton's talents as an artist, writer, illustrator and photographer are on full view. There are rarely or never-seen-before drawings, paintings, photographs, storyboards, moving-image works, storyboards, puppets, maquettes, costumes and many other artworks, most related to his feature films.

The exhibition includes items related to unrealized and personal projects. My personal favorite is a small carousel with undersea creatures instead of the usual horses.

Is Burton a Pop Surrealist? Do his fairytales and fantasies include Gothic, German Expressionist and Grand Guignol elements, as the film curators suggest? However one characterizes Burton, his distinctive style appeals especially to the young adults who crowded the MoMA exhibit, making me feel slightly antique.

Also at the MoMA through May 17 is a large exhibit of work by the South African artist and filmmaker William Kentridge, including several hand-drawn, stop-motion animated films. In stunning black on white, his images of Johannesburg challenge the viewer's perceptions of apartheid.

Though never strictly realistic, Kentridge's images are psychologically terrifying, showing by exaggeration the devastation the system produced for both blacks and whites. Kentridge's whites are hideously bloated; the blacks, mere ciphers.

Kentridge's apartheid work is the most stunning, but included in the exhibit is his version of Mozart's "The Magic Flute." The man can draw -- and his imagination is capable of whimsy. Thanks to MoMA for recognizing the path-breaking work of Burton and Kentridge.