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Design and Architecture

A new hope for Lucas Museum in LA, The Wangs vs. The World

Hosted by Frances Anderton Nov. 08, 2016
Los Angeles and San Francisco are competing to play host to George Lucas' Museum of Narrative Art, which comes with a site-specific design by Ma Yansong. Jade Chang draws from her experience covering LA's art and design scene in her first novel,The Wangs Vs. The World.

Photo: A rendering for the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, by MAD Architects. Courtesy of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

 

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A New Hope for Lucas Museum in LA

The Star Wars creator has been looking to build a home for his collection of Narrative Art Museum for several years. And the saga has nearly as many sequels as Star Wars...

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The Wangs vs. The World

Jade Chang is a Los Angeles writer who has just published her first novel . It’s called The Wangs Versus the World and it’s a story of an immigrant family that loses...

13 min

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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