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$1bn Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lifts off at long last

After almost a decade of delays and controversies, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson launch a giant space to house a 40,000-piece collection spanning from comics to Star Wars materials to a Frida Kahlo self-portrait

George Lucas presents a galaxy of art that goes far, far past ‘Star Wars’ in new Los Angeles museum

The purpose of the palace that has become his life’s work since he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 is to take the work of populist painters, commercial illustrators, comic artists and paperback cover-creators and treat it with a reverence normally reserved for Rembrandts.

George Lucas museum's Los Angeles opening marks an opportunity lost for Chicago

"Star Wars" Director George Lucas sought to build a $1 billion museum dedicated to storytelling through images at Chicago's museum campus, but ended up building it in Los Angeles.

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to open in Los Angeles

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open to the public in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, featuring works by artists including Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol.

Jim Lee Goes Early To The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Jim Lee goes early to The Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, ahead of its opening later this month