Lucas Museum Exodus Continues as Chief Curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas Departs

With the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art inching closer to finally opening next fall, an exodus afflicting the Los Angeles institution’s leadership is continuing, with Pilar Tompkins Rivas, the museum’s chief curator and deputy director of curatorial and collections, having left her post. The Los Angeles Times first reported news of her departure on Friday.Founded by ARTnews Top 200 Collectors George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum has long been in the works, though it only offici