Jane O'Sullivan

@sightlined

Writer / Art writing, cultural criticism & fiction in Art Guide, Vault, Apollo, Sydney Review of Books, Island, Adroit Journal, Flash Frog & Okay Donkey / Secret 🪡 habit janeosullivan.com.au

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Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· 24d

Now I'm trying to imagine a flash in dance notation!

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jul 11

Incredibly specific life goal #113: publishing a book with fancy edge printing

The gorgeous edge printing on the art book Textiles x Art looks like a quilt in blue, burgundy, brown and cream

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jul 3

Sydney's newest public artwork, Mikala Dwyer's Monument for Fishes

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 24

Do you have an appetite for drama?

Instagram post announcing that expressions of interest are now open for the Australia Pavilion at the 2028 Venice Biennale

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 20

A) it's a truly glorious day B) I just saw a daschund puppy

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 17

This guy though

a duckling being a gronk, lying on the ground with one leg up jane fonda style

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 12

Last weekend of the Biennale of Sydney Next time, Powerhouse Parramatta???

Emma Shin's large hanging sculpture of a heart, made from tapestry, pearls and ribbon, at Chau Chak Wing Museum as part of the 2026 Biennale of Sydney

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 10

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 9

Elle Wickens' Skin After Successive Skin at Ames Yavuz, Sydney

A painting of a pearl necklace on the gallery wall, while white felted egg shaped objects are placed across the polished concrete floor

A detail of a painting on suede of wavy hair

A detail of a soft, out of focus painting of the soles of a woman's feet

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 8

So I read the viral book and ah yep, I can see why women are talking about it. Surprisingly bleak.

Holding up Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. The cover has a photo of a woman's face with the eyes and top of the head torn off to reveal a landscape with dairy cows.

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 6

Exceptionally weird feeling being in the stacks and seeing old editorial work bound up

A year of Art Collector magazines bound up in blue cloth hardback

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 3

For context, Macquarie's vice chancellor currently earns more than $1m

A table from the Macquarie University 2025 financial report, showing "average senior executive salary" for Band 3 Vice Chancellor is $1,050,000

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 3

Ok that was extraordinarily fun

The cover of Wayne Marshall's Henry Goes Bush

Jane O'Sullivan@sightlined· Jun 2

Michaël Borremans, French Painting, 2026 & Michaël Borremans, Happiness, 2026 In the upcoming exhibition French Painting at David Zwirner in Paris, via www.instagram.com/davidzwirner/