Jane O'Sullivan
@sightlined.bsky.social
Art writing & fiction in Vault, Meanjin, Apollo, Art Guide, Art Monthly, Okay Donkey, Milk Candy Review & New Flash Fiction Review
Secret sewing habit 🪡
janeosullivan.com.au
Secret sewing habit 🪡
janeosullivan.com.au
"I couldn't stop them from doing that. That's their business. They're happy, I think, because this is all going on now and they feel they've really seriously generated something, but…It's completely hollow and it's probably, if anything, exposing the stupidity."
'Vault' sculptor denies backing council's 'silly' PR stunt
The artist whose sculpture headlines a regional Victorian tourism campaign says it's a "beat up to get publicity".
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"I couldn't stop them from doing that. That's their business. They're happy, I think, because this is all going on now and they feel they've really seriously generated something, but…It's completely hollow and it's probably, if anything, exposing the stupidity."
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A cool composite pic of this year’s first baby peregrine falcon to fledge from the Collins Street nest site (9:27am)
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A cool composite pic of this year’s first baby peregrine falcon to fledge from the Collins Street nest site (9:27am)
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
Alex Seton, A kind of human paste, 2025. Rosa Portugal marble, 100kg.
currently on show in Seeing Though Matter, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore
via www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/... and
www.instagram.com/p/DQxNKXhk9S...
currently on show in Seeing Though Matter, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore
via www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/... and
www.instagram.com/p/DQxNKXhk9S...
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Alex Seton, A kind of human paste, 2025. Rosa Portugal marble, 100kg.
currently on show in Seeing Though Matter, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore
via www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/... and
www.instagram.com/p/DQxNKXhk9S...
currently on show in Seeing Though Matter, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore
via www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/... and
www.instagram.com/p/DQxNKXhk9S...
The faint rustling of cultural institutions everywhere rapidly changing their passwords
The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The faint rustling of cultural institutions everywhere rapidly changing their passwords
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New short fiction from me now up online at Island ➰ it's about the bad place #flashfiction
Hellsite – by Jane O’Sullivan | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND
Eva fusses with the burner and when it doesn’t ignite, she gets the lighter and rasps it hard. The flames go up with a whoosh. Orange and blue. What colour is that, I wonder? Smauglust, maybe. Glimmer...
islandmag.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New short fiction from me now up online at Island ➰ it's about the bad place #flashfiction
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"The challenge of flash fiction is, of course, to pick the right words to tell a complete story, since the writer is allowed so few."
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"The challenge of flash fiction is, of course, to pick the right words to tell a complete story, since the writer is allowed so few."
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Craft: Word Count by Lisa Thornton
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
New short fiction from me now up online at Island ➰ it's about the bad place #flashfiction
Hellsite – by Jane O’Sullivan | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND
Eva fusses with the burner and when it doesn’t ignite, she gets the lighter and rasps it hard. The flames go up with a whoosh. Orange and blue. What colour is that, I wonder? Smauglust, maybe. Glimmer...
islandmag.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New short fiction from me now up online at Island ➰ it's about the bad place #flashfiction
"No serious writer working in Australia today should be unaware of, or ungrateful for, the singular position Garner has carved out…she’s made possible new forms of honesty, of writing and speaking in the first person and letting the reader understand the writer’s process in doing so."
Why do we love Helen Garner so much?
From Monkey Grip to How to End a Story, Helen Garner has been writing with clear-eyed precision for the better part of 50 years.
www.artshub.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"No serious writer working in Australia today should be unaware of, or ungrateful for, the singular position Garner has carved out…she’s made possible new forms of honesty, of writing and speaking in the first person and letting the reader understand the writer’s process in doing so."
"Sometimes I write things down on the walks [but] it's important to be not to carry a notebook. If you carry a notebook, the walk becomes too purposeful. I take this magical thinking very seriously."
—Louise Glück in conversation with Adam Moss in The Work of Art (which is so good, btw)
—Louise Glück in conversation with Adam Moss in The Work of Art (which is so good, btw)
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Sometimes I write things down on the walks [but] it's important to be not to carry a notebook. If you carry a notebook, the walk becomes too purposeful. I take this magical thinking very seriously."
—Louise Glück in conversation with Adam Moss in The Work of Art (which is so good, btw)
—Louise Glück in conversation with Adam Moss in The Work of Art (which is so good, btw)
feeling middle aged
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
feeling middle aged
"It’s not, like, comedy keeps me sane. No. Making things, making anything—I probably could do it if I was going to build a boat. It puts my feet on the ground. I love process."
Stephen Colbert on the End of The Late Show
In an exclusive exit interview, the late night host reflects on how he learned about the cancellation of The Late Show, how he plans to make the most of the rest of his time in the seat, and what he’l...
www.gq.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"It’s not, like, comedy keeps me sane. No. Making things, making anything—I probably could do it if I was going to build a boat. It puts my feet on the ground. I love process."
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Great news for Australian bird watchers. Merlin now works in Australia. If you don’t know what Merlin is, it’s basically Shazam for birdsong.
Birdsong Identification App - Major Update 2025 Q4
YouTube video by Bird Walkz (QLD Australia and beyond)
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Great news for Australian bird watchers. Merlin now works in Australia. If you don’t know what Merlin is, it’s basically Shazam for birdsong.
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Finally, after the collapse in new Oz drama …
Fed Govt to introduce a Bill to “mandate streaming services with more than one million Australian subscribers … to invest at least 10 per cent of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5 per cent of their revenue – on new local … programs”.
Fed Govt to introduce a Bill to “mandate streaming services with more than one million Australian subscribers … to invest at least 10 per cent of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5 per cent of their revenue – on new local … programs”.
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Finally, after the collapse in new Oz drama …
Fed Govt to introduce a Bill to “mandate streaming services with more than one million Australian subscribers … to invest at least 10 per cent of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5 per cent of their revenue – on new local … programs”.
Fed Govt to introduce a Bill to “mandate streaming services with more than one million Australian subscribers … to invest at least 10 per cent of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5 per cent of their revenue – on new local … programs”.
Ok this really helped
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Ok this really helped
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Ebony Truscott, Decorative lid with blister pack, 2025
on show at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
niagaragalleries.com.au/exhibitions/...
on show at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
niagaragalleries.com.au/exhibitions/...
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ebony Truscott, Decorative lid with blister pack, 2025
on show at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
niagaragalleries.com.au/exhibitions/...
on show at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
niagaragalleries.com.au/exhibitions/...
Baby avocado creche
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Baby avocado creche
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What do you call it when Zohran Mamdani, relational aesthetics, and Bob Ross walk into a bar? We call it Hyperallergic Halloween.
The Best Costumes From Hyperallergic’s Halloween Party
The Louvre jewel thieves, Zohran Mamdani, and Bob Ross walk into a bar.
hyperallergic.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What do you call it when Zohran Mamdani, relational aesthetics, and Bob Ross walk into a bar? We call it Hyperallergic Halloween.
Put me down for Friday x
Michael Lindemann, Artists Anonymous, 2025
now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne, closes 22 November
www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/...
Michael Lindemann, Artists Anonymous, 2025
now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne, closes 22 November
www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/...
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Put me down for Friday x
Michael Lindemann, Artists Anonymous, 2025
now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne, closes 22 November
www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/...
Michael Lindemann, Artists Anonymous, 2025
now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf Melbourne, closes 22 November
www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/...
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A historic moment as Treaty passes Vic Parliament, the first time in our history that a Treaty has been enshrined in law.
To those who have fought for this - thankyou.
This must act as a guiding light towards federal truth, Treaty & justice for all First Nations people.
To those who have fought for this - thankyou.
This must act as a guiding light towards federal truth, Treaty & justice for all First Nations people.
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A historic moment as Treaty passes Vic Parliament, the first time in our history that a Treaty has been enshrined in law.
To those who have fought for this - thankyou.
This must act as a guiding light towards federal truth, Treaty & justice for all First Nations people.
To those who have fought for this - thankyou.
This must act as a guiding light towards federal truth, Treaty & justice for all First Nations people.
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Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Calling all freelance photographers, cartoonists, journalists, podcasters and media workers!
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...
Tell us about your experiences as a freelancer, to shape the next phase of our campaign to set a floor for rates and conditions in our industry: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...