17-20 May | Art Hong Kong 12 | Art Futures presentation of Kevin Cosgrove | Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre | 1 Expo Drive Wanchai, Hong Kong | Hall 1, Booth AF33

19th – 27th May 2012 | Opening Sat 19th May 6.30pm – 10pm | Vulpes Vulpes, 14 Rigg Approach, London, E10 7QN | ‘Folly’ | Elaine Reynolds, Rowena Hughes, Inbal Strauss – present works that engage with construction, industrial design and function in terms of functionless-ness | www.vulpesvulpes.org

19th May – 23 June | Opening 18th May, 6 – 8pm | Grand Union, 19 Minerva Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham | Grand Union is proud to present ‘The Reading Room’, a project by artists Ciarán Walsh and Dominique Hurth based in Berlin, with the aim to maintain, archive and represent products of contemporary art practices evolving within printed and published formats. The Reading Room presents a curated selection of over 75 artist’s publications (books, zines, magazines and newspapers) and related projects (such as fold-out posters or published audio projects),from a range of internationally based artists, both established and emerging.

For this exhibition at Grand Union, their collection will be displayed dynamically according to six curatorial axes, exploring the spectrum of relationships between conceptual content, physical publication formats and the experience of the Reader. Grand Union will also show a programme of screen based works that expand on these ideas and the act of reading. Many Irish-linked artists are represented in the collection, including: Sarah Browne, Garrett Phelan, Linda Quinlan, Celine Sheridan, Nina Canell & Robin Watkins, Sean Lynch, Lee Welch, Brian Flanagan, Stephen Brandes, Elaine Byrne, Wayne Daly, Denis McNulty & Peter Maybury. | www.thereadingroom-index.com

15 May – 15 July 2012 | Opening 15th May, 19,30-21,30. Barcelona, Spain | Irish based artist Vanessa Donoso López presents her first solo show in her home town, Barcelona with a new body of work. ‘the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane’ turns into a connecting bond of her Worlds; on one hand, the language, the Anglo-Saxon culture and the childlike content of this saying and, her mother tongue, culture and playful nature of her own work on the other hand. Donoso López is currently on a residency in the RHA and is represented by Kevin Kavanagh gallery in Dublin. www.vanessadonosolopez.com |  www.paradigmasgaleria.com

Irish Art is represented at Art Shanghai, the major International Art fair fair by Sean Campbell, Aoife Soden, Mary Mackey, Alison Lowry, Andrea Spencer, Roisin De Buitlear, Debbie Dawson and Michael Ray. The fair opened on Thursday May 10th 2012.

William McKeown (1962 – 2011) | Inverleith House, Edinburgh | 12 May – 8 July 2012.

An exhibition of the work of Northern Irish – Born painter William McKeown, who until his death last year painted the sky of his adopted city of Edinburgh and his native County Tyrone. McKeown was a great admirer of Inverleith House where this spring, a collection of his most recent paintings will be exhibited for the first time. We are deeply grateful to the artist’s estate and to the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin for their support in making this exhibition possible. www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house/current-exhibitions

May 10–12, 2012 | Opening May 10, 2012 at 5.30pm | Further info:www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/hidden-cities-istanbul-turkey.htm

17-20 May | Hong Kong International Artfair, 2012 | Hall 3, Level 3, Booth 3E08 | Artists: Gerard Byrne, Paul Doran, Alice Maher, Tom Hunter | For further information please contact Jerome O Drisceoil or Mary Caffrey at T: 00353 1 6713414 | E: info@greenonredgallery.com | www.greenonredgallery.com Kindly supported by Culture Ireland.

4 May – June 30 2012 | John Jennings (Galway, Ireland) is in Viva Las Vegas ! Gamma Gamma Gallery,  International Mail Art Exhibition | Fremont Street, Las Vegas | Pieces : ‘Prizes’ and ‘Magical Girls’ | ‘Prizes’ shows an avalanche of toy bears falling onto the screen. This is a major win for a lucky player. ‘Magical Girls’ shows a stream of magical girls and some of them have disappeared, just like in a Vegas magic show. Images etc on the USA page of my website:www.sites.google.com/site/johnjenningsgallery

17 – 20 May  2012 | Hong Kong International Artfair, 2012 | BOOTH 1C05 at Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre | Presenting new work by Phil Collins, Mark Francis, Liam Gillick, David Godbold, Isabel Nolan, Paul Winstanley. Click here to view images: www.gallery.me.com/darraghhogan#101153 | For further information contact Darragh Hogan E: darragh@kerlin.ie