An Inside Look at Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles
The museum’s galleries feature Banksy, Peanuts and Star Wars artifacts across more than 30 exhibits in a 300,000-square-foot building.
- The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a 13-acre campus in Exposition Park, opens to the public on September 22. Founder George Lucas and co-founder Mellody Hobson designed the facility as a space for "the people's art."
- Designed by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, the futuristic building has been a work in progress for about 17 years, Lucas said. Construction of the 300,000-square-foot facility began over eight years ago.
- Featuring over 30 exhibits, the museum includes everything from Star Wars artifacts to Peanuts comic strips and works by Banksy. Senior curator Ryan Linkof described the museum as a place to explore "shared humanity" through art.
- Announced Wednesday by CEO Tracey Bates, a new Banksy sculpture featuring two ornamental lions was recently added to the collection. The piece was installed just a few days ago outside the children's stories exhibit.
- Personally curated by Lucas, the museum aims to be "by the people, for the people," Hobson said. The founders hope the unique building attracts visitors from eight-year-olds to 80-year-olds, depicting myths that "anchor us.
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An inside look at Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles
After years of delays and more than a billion dollars, the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is preparing to open its doors to the public in Los Angeles. The museum, founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, will be a new home for visual storytelling spanning the Star Wars universe and beyond. FRANCE 24's correspondent Wassim Cornet reports.
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