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Laurence Aberhart's Anzac photographs
"Memorials became increasingly ignored and forgotten objects, presences in the landscapes that were taken for granted and just passed by. It is this period of slow loss of community consciousness that Aberhart's photographs capture so superbly." - Jock Phillips, Anzac: Photographs by Laurence Aberhart

Warhol's famous phrase: A fabrication?
Andy Warhol's famous quote may have predicted fame's fleeting nature in our celebrity-saturated culture - but fittingly for a pop artist who built a fortune by mass-producing other people's creations, he may never have actually said those words.

Bush's portraits 'copied off Google'?
As a former leader of the free world George W Bush had significantly greater access to world leaders than other budding artists. Which is why his art is so, er, surprising.

India: Drama is everywhere
Indian Ink Theatre's Jacob Rajan returns to Southern India and is thrilled by his company's historic first.

Booker's first Kiwi comes to town
For sale: hexagonal house in quiet position near top white-baiting lagoon in the heart of the South Island's West Coast.

Rhys Darby: One last piece of advice - don't become a robot
Hello and welcome to my final Herald column. Please sit down or if you're already sitting down, please stand up.

Artist's tiny project boldly ventures into space
Wanganui artist Julian Priest will watch his satellite being launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral at 10.41pm on Sunday.

Apology after female comic dropped from bill
A comedy promoter has apologised for dropping a female comic from a bill after claiming to have come under pressure from a venue to reduce the number of women he had booked to appear there.