"True to its name, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has had a long and twisting origin myth, but now, more than a decade after the project was first announced, its founders-the Star Wars film-maker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the president and co-chief executive of Ariel Investments-have set an opening date: 22 September 2026."
"In the 13 years between the project's announcement and grand opening, it will have changed cities twice-from San Francisco to Chicago to Los Angeles-grown in budget from around $700m to a reported $1bn, changed designs and leaders, added and shed staff, and amassed a rich and varied collection of more than 40,000 works. Now its campus in Los Angeles's Exposition Park is in advanced stages of construction,"
"The building, a cloud- or spaceship-like form rising from two bases, will house 100,000 sq. ft of exhibition space across 35 galleries. They will feature thematic groupings around topics including love, work, adventure and sports. The collection spans an enormous range of materials-from ancient artefacts and canonic art-historical figures like Frida Kahlo, John Singer Sargent, Robert Colescott and Thomas Hart Benton,"
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles will open on 22 September 2026. The project evolved over 13 years, changing cities from San Francisco to Chicago to Los Angeles, and growing in budget from roughly $700m to about $1bn while altering designs and leadership and assembling more than 40,000 works. The campus in Exposition Park is in advanced construction, with Ma Yansong's futuristic exterior nearly complete and gardens by Mia Lehrer planted. The cloud- or spaceship-like building will contain 100,000 sq. ft of exhibition space across 35 galleries organized by themes such as love, work, adventure and sports. The collection ranges from ancient artefacts and canonical art-historical figures to major comic-book and graphic-novel creators.
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