Lucas Museum Announces First Exhibitions by George Lucas

Key Points:

• The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, curated by George Lucas, will open to the public on September 22, 2026, featuring an inaugural exhibition exploring human history, Americana, and the human condition through diverse artistic mediums.
• The exhibition highlights works by iconic artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Gordon Parks, Diego Rivera, and Judith F. Baca, alongside themes of childhood, family, civic life, and major historical events.
• The museum celebrates imaginative storytelling with showcases of illustration, sequential art, cinema, and narrative forms, including pieces from Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Georges Méliès, and influential manga, anime, and comics creators like Jack Kirby and Alison Bechdel.
• Located in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park, the 11-acre campus features a 300,000-square-foot building designed by Ma Yansong, with extensive green spaces by Mia Lehrer, and includes galleries, theaters, a library, dining options, and community areas.
• The museum was founded to house George Lucas’s extensive 40,000-piece art collection, emphasizing emotional connection to art over celebrity or cost, reflecting Lucas’s personal vision for the institution.