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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has opened in Los Angeles, marking the debut of George Lucas's long-planned institution dedicated to visual storytelling across painting, illustration, photography and film. The futuristic building in Exposition Park houses the filmmaker's personal collection alongside works spanning diverse narrative traditions. Coverage highlights the museum's unusual mission and its years-long journey to fruition, having previously considered sites in San Francisco and Chicago before settling in LA.
- 2Art Institute of Chicago Returns Metzinger Painting▼Art Institute of Chicago Returns Jean Metzinger’s 1913 Woman with a Fan
The Art Institute of Chicago has returned Jean Metzinger's 1913 painting Woman with a Fan, in what is being reported as a restitution case. The museum, one of the United States' leading art institutions, is parting with a work by the French Cubist painter. Details about the painting's provenance and the recipient of the return have not been disclosed in initial reports, and further specifics are expected to emerge.