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Jane O'Sullivan
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Art writing & fiction in Vault, Meanjin, Apollo, Art Guide, Art Monthly, Okay Donkey, Milk Candy Review & New Flash Fiction Review
Secret sewing habit 🪡
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'Submittable' by Paul Dawson in Cordite

cordite.org.au/poetry/dedic...
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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by the by, Island does such a great job with the illos on fiction pieces

islandmag.com/read/hellsit...
Image: Darya Sannikova - Pexels
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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reading a book where the artwork titles are underlined not italicised and about to invent a new level of hell
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I was talking about Anne of Green Gables with my mum the other day so I had another look and that sure is a lot of semi colons for an opening sentence
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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BorrowBox a bit confused today
A feature selection of Chloe Hooper books... except two of the three are by Helen Garner
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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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...
Pink (almost skin tones) marble sculpture of a bundle of cloth by artist Alex Seton. Via Sullivan+Strumpf https://www.sullivanstrumpf.com/exhibitions/seeing-through-matter and https://www.instagram.com/p/DQxNKXhk9Sk/?igsh=Mnh2djVid2ZkZ2R4
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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"But I still believe the really good lines will return when they are part of something"
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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feeling middle aged
Notification from the Merlin Bird ID app that says "preparing bird content"
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Maud Madsen, Lights out, 2025

via www.maudmadsen.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Ebony Truscott, Decorative lid with blister pack, 2025

on show at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
niagaragalleries.com.au/exhibitions/...
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Baby avocado creche
Sunny windowsill with one baby avocado plant in a pot and two seeds reading in glasses of water
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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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's artwork is a lightbox that reads Artists Anonymous, with letter tiles spelling out the sessions on different days of the week. "Weaning off impasto" "Unfashionable and coping" "Hustle fatigue"
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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More halloween costume ideas
The in-progress box from Submittable
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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"The Australian Design Centre Board has resolved to cease operations by 30 June 2026 unless alternative funding is found before that time."

Full announcement: australiandesigncentre.com/latestnews/A...
Online statement from the Australian design centre: The Australian Design Centre Board has resolved to cease operations by 30 June 2026 unless alternative funding is found before that time.
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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morrrre whalessss 💙
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Gallerina aesthetics... Elmgreen and Dragset's hyperreal sculpture of an exhausted artsworker is tricking more than a few passersby in Paris
Elmgreen and Dragset's sculpture inside the Massimo de Carlo Paris gallery is of a well heeled woman asleep on a minimalist white desk, laptop still open
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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So many whales this afternoon 💙
October 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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They put caution tape around the demonic nesting plovers and their chicks. Wise.
A grassy coastal park with a big square of yellow caution tape marked out. A high zoom (because I value my life) photo of two adult plovers and two fuzzball chicks.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Actually pretty major to see Gregory Hodge, Julia Gutman, Tony Albert and Alex Seton at Frieze London with Sullivan+Strumpf. So hard for Australian galleries to crack the big international fairs. I wish them the best of luck
Sullivan+Strumpf both at Frieze London. Photo: Reinis Lismanis via Sullivan+Strumpf insta
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Interesting. Creative Australia announces new package of funding and leads with support of Khaled Sabsabi
Screenshot of Creative Australia media release. Media release Tuesday 14 October 2025 Creative Australia invests $1.6 million in in ambitious new commissions for leading Australian artists Creative Australia has announced the latest recipients of its Visual Arts, Craft and Design Framework Major Commissioning Projects, supporting 16 artists and collectives across Australia to deliver ambitious new projects. Among the recipients is Khaled Sabsabi, who will create a major new presentation at Samstag Museum of Art. The new commission will offer Australian audiences the opportunity to experience a major new body of work from the highly acclaimed artist, following his international presentation at the Venice Biennale.
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Hit Mike Hewson's The Key's Under the Mat with the kids today. I'm sure there's lots to say about suburban aesthetics & class in contemporary art spaces but mainly, it's kind of delicious being in a gallery this LOUD and busy and chaotic

www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exh...
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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"This epic sweep is a lot to ask a little novella to hold, but Rowe moves with wily lyricism and speed."

My review of Josephine Rowe's Little World is now up with Adroit

theadroitjournal.org/2025/10/08/a...
The cover of the US edition of Josephine Rowe's novella Little World is a line drawing of in gold foil on a parchment background, showing a church like space with a shining featureless head floating in the air.
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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they were cruising close this morning 🐋
October 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Visiting mum's. She has a frog in her watering can, long term resident, her name is Constance
Macro photo of frog wedged tight in the spout of a plastic watering can, eyes only just visible
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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cannot tell you how good it was to get in the water today
beach at dusk with a little pink to the clouds
October 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM