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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Thumb Up For A Show Celebrating César The Sculptor
Here's a big thumb up for a retrospective dedicated to the Marseille-born sculptor César at the Musée Cantini, Marseille. Did you know that César Baldaccini - to give him his full name - designed the statuette awarded each year at the Césars, France's equivalent of the Oscars, which are actually named after him? That thumb (Le Pouce), by the way, isn't in the exhibition, but you can see it standing proud on a roundabout to the south of Marseille. Click here to read more
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Arts and Culture,
Marseille
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