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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas, has opened its doors. Coverage highlights the museum's mission to illustrate myths and storytelling through narrative art, spanning painting, illustration, film and comics. CBS Sunday Morning featured the opening, drawing wide attention and warm reaction as visitors explore a collection built around the power of visual storytelling.

An art museum is returning a painting to the heirs of its Jewish owner, decades after the work was seized by the Nazis. The restitution is part of ongoing efforts by museums to address art looted during the Nazi era and restore works to the families from whom they were taken, following long-standing claims procedures for Nazi-era cultural property.

The Milwaukee Art Museum has returned a group of ceramic vessels made by an enslaved potter to the potter's descendants. The transfer returns works created by an enslaved artisan to their family, making it a notable case of a US museum restituting objects in its collection through direct return to descendants rather than sale or transfer to another institution.

A masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci has come to Japan for the first time as part of the Louvre Museum Renaissance exhibition, now running at the National Art Center in Tokyo. The show brings Renaissance works from the Louvre's collection to Japanese audiences, and news of the rare loan is drawing attention from art fans and media in Japan.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has held its grand opening, marking the debut of the institution founded by filmmaker George Lucas to showcase visual storytelling across painting, illustration, cinema and digital art. The museum, long planned for Los Angeles, is being covered as a major cultural addition, with attention on its collection and distinctive architecture.

The Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas is presenting an exhibition of New Deal-era art, drawing local media attention in Dallas-Fort Worth. The show highlights works created under the federal arts programs of the 1930s, a period when the US government employed artists during the Great Depression. Coverage frames the exhibition as a significant cultural event for the university and the city's museum scene.

The Bowes Museum has launched a new art display described as a homage to its French founder. The exhibition at the County Durham museum celebrates the legacy of the institution's French origins, drawing attention to the collection's history. Local media have reported on the opening, highlighting the museum's continued efforts to reinterpret its founding story for visitors.