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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

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Release Date: 10/07/2026

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (Sep. 2, 2026) (Los Angeles Times; Sep. 10, 2026)   Social Media:   Tricia Barr (@fangirlcantina)  |  |  B.J. Priester (@redpenoflex)  |  |  on Facebok    

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On this episode of Hyperspace Theories, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester approach our usual theme of storytelling from a new angle for the podcast. In early September we attended Founding Member previews at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, California, which opens to the public on September 22, 2026. We begin our discussion with the foundational questions: What is narrative art? And why did George Lucas dedicate a significant portion of his fortune to acquiring a vast collection of narrative art and building a museum to display and store it?
Although Lucas’s wealth comes primarily from his creation of the Star Wars franchise, and later his sale of Lucasfilm to Disney for $4 billion in 2012, visitors to the Lucas Museum may be surprised to discover that Star Wars comprises less than ten percent of the art on display for the grand opening. As a podcast with a longtime focus on Star Wars storytelling, naturally we share our thoughts about our favorite pieces in the Cinema gallery with its opening exhibit titled “Star Wars In Motion.”
 
The Lucas Museum offers much more to visitors than just paintings and drawings hanging in frames on walls. The exterior park grounds, artistic in their own right, have meaningful sculptures displayed there, too. The large-scale murals in a fifth-floor gallery includes stunning works by Banksy and JR, among other famous artists. The museum’s first floor, which will be open to the public without a paid ticket, includes a fascinating exhibit entitled “The History of Narrative Art: Heroes • Myths • The Sacred” that connects the ideas of narratives and art across millennia of human history. We also discuss our favorite works of narrative art from among the museum’s numerous other galleries, featuring topics such as history, family, sport, fantasy, adventure, comics, children’s stories, the art of Norman Rockwell, and more.
 
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