{"id":426191,"date":"2026-05-01T01:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/426191\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:56:16","slug":"lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-unveils-inaugural-exibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/426191\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Unveils Inaugural Exibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/a>, co-founded by George Lucas<\/a> and his wife Mellody Hobson and set to open Sept. 22 in Los Angeles, has announced its inaugural exhibitions.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith more than 1,200 objects total, the installations will span more than 30 galleries and occupy approximately 100,000 square feet of the museum which aims to \u201chonor the universal tradition of telling stories through images.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDoug Chiang, Podrace Crash, production art for \u201cStar Wars: Episode I \u2013 The Phantom Menace,\u201d 1995\u201399. Digital print.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/p>\n

\n\tDrawn from the museum\u2019s founding collection, the exhibitions aim trace the evolution of human culture through storytelling, from ancient sculptures of gods and goddesses to Renaissance paintings to photographs, comics, and modern cinema, including props and costumes from the Lucas Archives.<\/p>\n

\n\tMany exhibitions are organized by theme, focusing on the topics of love, family, community, and adventure which connect generations. Other exhibitions are devoted to individual artists of the 20th\u00a0century and filled with familiar and recognizable everyday objects. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full list of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art\u2019s exhibitions below.<\/p>\n

\n\tArchitecture: Innovative designs that inspired the architectural vision of the museum<\/p>\n

\n\tBenton: Selected works of Thomas Hart Benton\u2019s depiction of American life<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s Stories: Illustrations of children\u2019s literature by Beatrix Potter, Leo Politi, E.H. Shepard, Jacob Lawerence and more<\/p>\n

\n\tCinema: A selection of production designs, props and costumes from the Lucas Archives<\/p>\n

\n\tEveryday Life: A series of galleries dedicated to visual stories about\u00a0chil.dhood, community,\u00a0family, love, motherhood, play, school, sports and\u00a0work<\/p>\n

\n\tCivic Life: Portrayals of the courthouse, the polling place, political headquarters and more<\/p>\n

\n\tComics\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Graphic Stories: American and European comics, including works by M\u0153bius, Marie Severin, Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, Jim Lee, Frank Miller and Rafael Navarro<\/p>\n

\n\tManga \u2022 Anime: Influential work in Japanese illustration and animation<\/p>\n

\n\tFrazetta: Frank Frazetta illustrations and book covers<\/p>\n

\n\tHistory: Paintings, prints and illustrations of major historical events<\/p>\n

\n\tJessie Willcox Smith: Scenes by the illustrator of fairy tales and childhood scenes<\/p>\n

\n\tMurals: Large-scale, public works of narrative art by Judith F. Baca, Diego Rivera and JR<\/p>\n

\n\tNarrative Forms: Narrative art across genres of\u00a0adventure,\u00a0fantasy,\u00a0romance and\u00a0science fiction\u00a0by artists Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Ken Kelly, Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s, John C. Berkey and Jeffrey Catherine Jones<\/p>\n

\n\tParrish: Works by illustrator Maxfield Parrish<\/p>\n

\n\tPhotography: Documentary images by Robert Capa, Gordon Parks, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dorothea Lange and more<\/p>\n

\n\tRockwell: Works by Norman Rockwell<\/p>\n

\n\tWyeth: Book illustrations from the 1910s through the 1940s by N.C. Wyeth<\/p>\n

\n\tWestern Stories: Myths of the American West, including wagon trains, shoot-outs, frontier towns and more<\/p>\n

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