He regrets his "transgressions" and says he is "far from perfect", but he still managed to put the blame on the Press on his website. "I have been dismayed to realise the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means," he said. Full Article at Times Online

By James Franco I was recently treated to an early prototype of a dessert that Marina Abramović, the "grandmother of performance art," created with the pastry chef Dominique Ansel. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

Before there was a modernist canon, populist critics relied on such derisive metaphors as "explosion in a shingle factory" to describe Duchamp's 1912 Nude Descending a Staircase. Full Article at Village Voice

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is hoping to knock art critics for six after switching the crease for the canvas. The 35-year-old batsman has currently got an exhibition of his abstract works on show at a Cardiff art gallery. Full Article at Newslite.tv

A gallery visitor ponders a chair by Tracy Emin Photo: PA For most viewers, Monday night's opening of the School of Saatchi was a chance to snigger at the pretensions of the art world. Full Article at The Telegraph

Irving Kriesberg was influenced by Matisse. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

(Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris) Decades ago, Gerhard Richter found a painterly philosopher’s stone. Full Article at New York Magazine

What do Jackson Pollock, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Dia De Los Muertos have in common? They've all inspired Melissa Osburn on The Daily Nail, a blog that chronicles her plan to create 365 designs on her nails in as many days. Osburn, 28, isn' Full Article at Glamour

Continuing what I started in my last post. 3, Recent history, art and music. Music. Full Article at ArtsJournal

In the 1940s and 50s, art was revolutionised by a generation of young Americans who redefined what painting could be and, in doing so, laid the ground for today's art of installation, performance and space invasion. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

A man with a gun steps out of the dark. He confronts Frank O'Hara, and the moment of crisis, as it so often does, reveals character. O'Hara--poet, art critic, bon vivant--famously said you don't need schooling or fine pedigree to write poetry; rather, " Full Article at Huffington Post

But I’m not so convinced. Look at the way the fah-head blood seems to just drip like so, a human Jackson Pollock canvas dotted with a blond ’stache. The way the blood on the shirt is oozing out like one of the bullet-riddled extras in Boyz n The Hood. Full Article at VH1

ABU DHABI// For the first time since Abu Dhabi announced it would have its own Guggenheim Museum, audiences in the capital can get an idea of the kind of art to be displayed there. Full Article at The National Newspaper

Valerie Hillings, curator of the exhibition The Guggenheim: The Making of a Museum, at Gallery One in the Emirates Palace. Full Article at The National Newspaper

Source: ReutersActress Chloe Sevigny poses at the MOCA Brought back from the brink of financial ruin by a philanthropist's $30 million gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles celebrates its turnaround with the most ambitious exhibition of... Full Article at TVNZ

Outside of awards season or their film premieres, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are rarely spotted together at public events. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

LOS ANGELES -- Brought back from the brink of financial ruin by a philanthropist's US$30 million gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles celebrates its turnaround this weekend with the most ambitious exhibition of its own iconic collection. Full Article at China Post

Los Angeles - Brought back from the brink of financial ruin by a philanthropist's $30m gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles celebrates its turnaround this weekend with the most ambitious exhibition of its own iconic collection. Full Article at News24

Lady has got some talent, and we are loving her creations, which are sometimes funny and cheeky, or just downright sexy. Pictured above, a Jackson Pollock-inspired manicure which necessitated no less than nine different polishes. Full Article at The Frisky