Shedding light, and dust, on Australia's European art

Historic artists' retreat near Melbourne threatened by giant roadworks

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A forlorn sculpture stands guard against roadworks in the Heide sculpture garden in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg. (All photos by J.J. Rose)

J.J. ROSE

Australian light has a strangely compelling quality. I can usually identify an Australia-based TV production by the natural lighting in outdoor scenes. Sometimes I can even distinguish the region where the program was filmed; southern light is different from tropical light, for example.

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