Artists

Arab artists hit the US campaign trail

Culture bus heads to Washington in bid to change attitudes to the Middle East

Council rejects bold plan to create 800 artists’ studios in south London

Art project that transformed Peckham car park faces uncertain future

Turner Prize-nominated collective, Assemble, plans to help convert Peckham car park into artists’ studios

Proposal is one of three being considered by Southwark Council in south London next week

Spirit of Zero Group rekindled in Duesseldorf

Artists’ foundation takes over former factory that served as Otto Piene’s fire studio—and party centre

Antony Gormley to confront Hong Kong’s raw nerves by placing sculptures on its rooftops

Artist links delayed arrival of Event Horizon with pro-democracy movement and taboo subject of suicide

Huang Yong Ping to build an archipelago in Paris for 2016 Monumenta commission

The vast installation at the Grand Palais reflects the changing world order

Gilbert and George unveil their ten commandments

New banner works began as a performance, while artists plan to record 3,500 “fuckosophies” on vinyl

Notes on a former student: Sean Scully on Ai Weiwei

From Manhattan to Beijing, with 30 years in between, Scully writes about his pupil

Pace Gallery celebrates Rauschenberg’s birthday with show of rarely seen works

Late series pieces include inkjet dye and pigment transfers on polylaminate, paper and fabric, as well as frescoes

Abraham Cruzvillegas says his Turbine Hall commission is all about hope

Mexican artist living symbol of human resourcefulness opens at Tate Modern

Poly Auction withdraws work after artist disputes its authenticity

Geng Jianyi says the recreation of his early painting Hairdressing 2 is not by him

Latest young gallerist to open in London commissions art you can really use

Studio_Leigh launched last week in a three-storey former Victorian varnish factory in Shoreditch

Artist will show where there’s dirt there’s art in Tate Modern

Abraham Cruzvillegas plans to turn Turbine Hall into green space

Star Wars creator's museum buys sprawling work by US cartoonist

Robert Crumb’s illustration of Bible chapters to go on show in George Lucas's space in Chicago

Chinese artist Zhang Dali on censorship and finding freedom in the provinces

The artist known for his controversial graffiti, paintings and sculptures has his first retrospective in Wuhan

London hospital commissions art to be part of cure

New cancer centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ will feature works by artists including Daniel Silver and Angela Bulloch