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FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A protean abstract expressionist painter, Helen Frankenthaler can be tender and delicate, powerfully archetypal, explosively lyrical, quietly introspective or mystically transcendental. Her splashy, symbol-laden Eden (1956) seems to conjure up the gates of paradise itself. Her loose, evocative 1950s style, a synthesis of Gorky , de Kooning and Pollock , gave way to '60s color-field experiments a la Mark Rothko , followed by witty, complex, ambivalent metaphors of the '70s and explorations in ceramic tile, steel or clay sculpture, and works on paper. She can pack more meaning into one daub of color than do many artists into an entire canvas, and this volume's (1989) plates of incomparable quality render visible the texture and hue of the paint. [ Amazon.com ]

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS By  TAHLIB "St. Anthony Tormented by Demons," which many believe to be Michelangelo's first painting is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Sept. 7, 2009.

THE ALPHA OMEGA ARTS By TAHLIB "Calvary" (1886) by James Ensor (b. Belgian). Pencil, crayon, and oil on paper, 6 3/4 x 8 3/4" NEW YORK---The Museum of Modern Art presents James Ensor —the first exhibition at an American institution to feature the full range of his media in over 30 years. Ensor (1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects he has influenced generations of later artists. The densely presented exhibition of over 100 works, examines Ensor’s allegorical uses of light including in his religious art, along with his wicked satire which takes shape in his obsession with carnival masks that are both fantastical and frightening. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA): " James Ensor " (Ends September 21, 2009); 11 West 53 Street, Midtown Manhattan Precinct, New York; moma.org