George Lucas's Museum of Narrative Art opens in LA
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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened on Tuesday, September 22, in Los Angeles, after years of planning and location changes. The building, designed to resemble a spaceship, is striking: El País reports its area as 10,000 square meters, while Clarín gives a figure of over 9,300 square meters. The collection includes about 1,300 items, including the original N-1 Starfighter from “Star Wars: Episode I,” as well as works by Banksy, Frida Kahlo, and Picasso. According to La Nación, influential figures from film, art, music, and culture gathered for the opening. Lucas personally greeted the first 100 visitors, and admission is free for residents of the neighboring 90037 zip code, notes the New York Post. The Economist gives a mixed review: the building impresses, but the collection is “patchy” and the displays are at times “bizarre.” The Art Newspaper awards three and a half stars out of five, praising easy navigation but criticizing the selection of exhibits. Lucas himself, as quoted by El Economista, said: “It’s finer art, because it’s actually telling a story.”
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The Economist (outlet profile)
Making sense of George Lucas’s new billion-dollar galaxy. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art aims to upend convention. It succeeds, in ways both good and bad
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The Art Newspaper (outlet profile)
The Big Review: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art ★★★½. While the swooping building is impressive and easy to navigate, the collection is patchy and the displays are at times “bizarre”
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El País (outlet profile)
Darth Vader convive con Picasso y Banksy: el ambicioso museo de George Lucas desembarca en Los Ángeles. Con 10.000 metros cuadrados y un millar de obras de arte donde se mezclan sin pudor el clasicismo y lo pop, el Luca…
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CNews (outlet profile)
Lucas Museum : ces 6 pièces phares à découvrir dans le nouveau musée d'art narratif de George Lucas. Le musée d’art narratif de George Lucas ouvre ses portes ce mardi 22 septembre à Los Angeles. Au total, quelque 1.300…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Los famosos que brillaron en la inauguración del museo de George Lucas en Los Ángeles. La espectacular noche reunió a algunas de las figuras más influyentes del cine, el arte, la música y la cultura
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The Economist (outlet profile)
The mob rule: criminality consumes South Africa. Also on the daily podcast: what is behind the success of Oura rings and visiting George Lucas’s new museum
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Ouest-France (outlet profile)
Le musée de George Lucas, aux airs de vaisseau spatial de « Star Wars », ouvre ses portes à Los Angeles. Le Lucas Museum a ouvert ses portes mardi 22 septembre à Los Angeles. Un musée imaginé par le réalisateur de « Sta…
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Numerama (outlet profile)
Il avait les acteurs, il avait les scénarios, et pourtant George Lucas a choisi de ne jamais tourner son ultime trilogie Star Wars. Le musée de George Lucas ouvre ses portes ce mardi 22 septembre à Los Angeles. Dans une…
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Rolling Stone (outlet profile)
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens With ‘Star Wars,’ Banksy, Whimsy, and Views Galore. After years of planning and location changes, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s impressive spaceship-like museum lands in L.A.
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ABC News (outlet profile)
WATCH: Inside the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Mellody Hobson spoke with “GMA” co-anchor Robin Roberts about the new Los Angeles art museum she co-founded with her husband, George Lucas.
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New York Post (outlet profile)
George Lucas personally welcomes first 100 visitors to futuristic LA museum. Now open six days a week, the $1 billion Lucas Museum offers free admission to its South LA neighbors in the 90037 zip code.
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Clarín (outlet profile)
Fanáticos de "La guerra de las galaxias" acuden al nuevo museo de George Lucas. El nuevo museo de George Lucas en Los Ángeles, inspirado en una nave espacial, abre sus puertas como un "templo del arte para la gente". Co…
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Malay Mail (outlet profile)
George Lucas’s long-awaited Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, drawing ‘Star Wars’ fans and art lovers. LOS ANGELES, Sept 23 — Star Wars superfans and art lovers alike descended on George Lucas’s long-awaited…
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El Economista (outlet profile)
El templo de Lucas. “Is it fine art? It’s finer art, because it’s actually telling a story”, dijo George Lucas —uno de los genios detrás del cine— en una fiesta del museo hace unos días. Y con esa frase sencilla se enti…
Factual core
- George Lucas founded the museum.
- The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Los Angeles.
- The museum's opening is described as impressive.
- The museum features works by Darth Vader, Picasso, and Banksy.
- The museum focuses on narrative art.