🎨✨ We went to a galaxy far, far away… aka Exposition Park! ✨🎨
Just kidding we had a family fun day at the brand new lucasmuseum of Narrative Art, and WOW. 🤩
Almost everything here comes from George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s personal collection, about 40,000 pieces gathered over decades! Lucas started collecting in college with $30 comic art, and gave up making 3 more Star Wars movies to build this “temple to the people’s art.” 🏛️
Our faves:
🖌️ Norman Rockwell: A whole gallery anchored by Shuffleton’s Barbershop (1950), which Lucas saved from a museum sale for about $25 million, plus The Gossips (1948) and a bronze based on his Triple Self-Portrait. The detail in person is incredible.
🎈 Banksy: Two walls of stenciled murals on the 5th floor, made in collaboration with Lucas, including his iconic Girl with Balloon. You can still see paint on the floor from when he made them here!
🦁 The Cowardly Lion: An original 1939 Wizard of Oz costume made of real lion fur. Since Bert La...
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