Essential Arts: While you were hunkered down at home for a pandemic, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art rose in Exposition Park. Here's an update.
. The museum opens Sept. 30 and let’s just say the A, C, D and E keys have faded, entirely, on my computer keyboard after having typed out “Academy Museum” so frequently. But what about thatCarolina Mirandaspaceship of a museum rising in Exposition Park next door to the Coliseum.is on track to premiere in 2023. Los Angeles has not had a major film museum until now, with the Academy Museum opening.
“We’re super excited about the opening of the Academy Museum — it’s so necessary as a new addition to the Los Angeles community and it will expand the cultural landscape,” Jackson-Dumont said. “But I’m happy to say that the only film museum in the city is the Academy Museum because the Lucas Museum is a museum dedicated to narrative art; it’s not about film only.”
Narrative art, she added, “cuts across space and time and really is about visual storytelling through a range of material. It’s photography, it’s painting, it’s sculpture, it’s ephemera from newspapers and magazines, it’s all of those things.”COVID-19 health and safety protocols may have slowed construction and pushed the Lucas Museum’s targeted 2022 debut, but the futuristic-lookingThe museum secured the final beam in its steel structure and “topped out” in March.
It’s also added contemporary works by Southern California artists to its permanent collection, includingAdvertisement“Autorretrato Dedicado al Dr. Eloesser” , which was included in the de Young Museum’s recent exhibition “Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving.” “It’s one of her most important works,” Jackson-Dumont said. “It was painted during a particularly tumultuous time in her life, and it incorporates images that tell about aspects of her experiences. There’s a thorn necklace around the neck, the earrings were a gift from Picasso, the banner inscribed with a dedication to the physician that helped her during her time in the Bay Area. We’re looking forward to inviting people to discuss this work, see this work.
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