George Lucas Opens Narrative Art Museum in Los Angeles
Star Wars creator George Lucas has officially unveiled the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, concluding a 17-year project to showcase visual storytelling across media. The institution features extensive collections dedicated to film, animation, comics, and fine art.
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‘I’m used to doing the impossible’: George Lucas unveils new LA museum – what’s its story?
Spaceship-shaped gallery, featuring works from Banksy, Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo, is devoted to ‘visual storytelling’ – and is finally ready to open “I’m used to doing the impossible,” George Lucas said on Wednesday. But “this one almost broke my will”. The film-maker was describing the decades of work that went into his latest project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, as it was unveiled to the press in Los Angeles eight years after breaking ground, following attempts to build it in t...
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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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Read full article →Mellody Hobson Tears Up Talking About Why Husband George Lucas Was Unwilling to Compromise on Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: ‘I Saw Genius Work’
Mellody Hobson delivered emotional remarks about her husband George Lucas as the two hosted a “friends and family” preview on Thursday night at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. “I watched George up close,” Hobson said, explaining that she missed the earlier part of his career. “I wasn’t there for ‘Star Wars.’ […]
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