The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: a spaceship in the heart of Los Angeles

No, this is not a science fiction setting from a Hollywood studio. In Los Angeles, in the heart of Exposition Park, a huge white alien ship seems to have landed. American radars detected nothing, and for good reason: this spacecraft did not come from space. At the helm, George Lucas.

An insatiable collector, the father of Star Wars and his wife, Mellody Hobson, had long been looking for a showcase to present to the public the fruit of several decades of acquisitions. They therefore imagined the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, not to celebrate the saga alone, but to, says the Hollywood mogul, “bring together all the images capable of telling stories and thus explore the…