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![Dance review: 'The Kiss Inside'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Dance review: 'The Kiss Inside'
The Kiss Inside, an exposition on the primal search for ecstasy, finds him in a new frame of mind though, with an underlying wryness to his observations, anger mitigated, the passion wiser.
![Queens Wharf artwork divides the critics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Queens Wharf artwork divides the critics
Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.
![Bearded artist's strange selfies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Bearded artist's strange selfies
A Brazilian artist has come up with a quirky solution of whether to rock a beard or go clean shaven in his new selfie project.
![This is the controversial new sculpture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
This is the controversial new sculpture
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.
![Weta scout on lookout for designers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Weta scout on lookout for designers
Budding Kiwi artists will next week have the chance to wow a top Weta Workshop designer.
![NZ dancer on Paris stage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
NZ dancer on Paris stage
A young Kiwi will fulfil a dream today when she dances lead ballerina in Swan Lake, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet.
![Dots hit the spot with art lovers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Dots hit the spot with art lovers
The world's art lovers voted with their feet to make an 86-year-old Japanese woman the most popular artist of last year.
![Freedom and a certain cheekiness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Freedom and a certain cheekiness
On Friday, Janine Jansen is guest soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for its first Town Hall concert of the year, playing Tchaikovsky.
![Auckland Arts Festival review: iTMOi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Auckland Arts Festival review: iTMOi
A tormented shriek, a sudden drop into darkness and a tall figure in robes emerges from the shadows, ranting.
![Kids cotton on to White show](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Kids cotton on to White show
Entertaining a discerning audience of 2- to 4-year-olds is a never-ending challenge for British theatre artist Andy Manley.
![Review: Bravo Figaro!, Q Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Review: Bravo Figaro!, Q Theatre
This simply staged one-man show makes for an easy, funny and extraordinarily entertaining night out.