From ‘Star Wars’ Production Art to Frank Miller and Jack Kirby: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Unveils Inaugural Exhibitions

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, co-founded by George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson and set to open Sept. 22 in Los Angeles, has announced its inaugural exhibitions.

With 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 “honor the universal tradition of telling stories through images.”

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Drawn from the museum’s 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.

Many 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 20^th century and filled with familiar and recognizable everyday objects.  

See the full list of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s exhibitions below.

Architecture: Innovative designs that inspired the architectural vision of the museum

Benton: Selected works of Thomas Hart Benton’s depiction of American life

Children’s Stories: Illustrations of children’s literature by Beatrix Potter, Leo Politi, E.H. Shepard, Jacob Lawerence and more

Cinema: A selection of production designs, props and costumes from the Lucas Archives

Everyday Life: A series of galleries dedicated to visual stories about chil.dhood, community, family, love, motherhood, play, school, sports and work

Civic Life: Portrayals of the courthouse, the polling place, political headquarters and more

Comics • Graphic Stories: American and European comics, including works by Mœbius, Marie Severin, Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, Jim Lee, Frank Miller and Rafael Navarro

Manga • Anime: Influential work in Japanese illustration and animation

Frazetta: Frank Frazetta illustrations and book covers

History: Paintings, prints and illustrations of major historical events

Jessie Willcox Smith: Scenes by the illustrator of fairy tales and childhood scenes

Murals: Large-scale, public works of narrative art by Judith F. Baca, Diego Rivera and JR

Narrative Forms: Narrative art across genres of adventure, fantasy, romance and science fiction by artists Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Ken Kelly, Georges Méliès, John C. Berkey and Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Parrish: Works by illustrator Maxfield Parrish

Photography: Documentary images by Robert Capa, Gordon Parks, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dorothea Lange and more

Rockwell: Works by Norman Rockwell

Wyeth: Book illustrations from the 1910s through the 1940s by N.C. Wyeth

Western Stories: Myths of the American West, including wagon trains, shoot-outs, frontier towns and more