Drop-in Tour | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Pentecost, c. 1600, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid. © Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Daiitoku Myōō, the Wisdom King of Awe‐Inspiring Power, Japan, second half 13th century, wood with metal, polychrome, gilding, and inlaid crystal eyes, Minneapolis Institute of Art, gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, 2013.
Standing Buddha Offering Protection, India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Gupta period, late 5th century, red sandstone, Metropolitan Museum of Art, purchase, Enid A. Haupt Gift, 1979. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
Hanukkah Lamp, Eastern Galicia or western Ukraine, 1752–53, copper alloy, the Jewish Museum, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman.
Mosque Lamp, Egypt, c. 1319, colorless glass; blown and decorated with polychrome enamels and gold, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait.
Simone Cantarini, The Risen Christ, 1644–48, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel and Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund. © 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Bedu Mask, Nafana, Kulango, or Degha peoples, Côte d’Ivoire or Ghana, c. 1948–62, painted wood, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of D. and J. de Menil.
November 2024
Explore humanity’s relationship with the divine in this expansive examination of spiritual ideas and concepts. The exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples chronicles that quest in a visionary exhibition featuring more than 200 objects from the past 4,000 years.
Plan Your Visit
- This tour is free with Museum admission.
- Meet the docent in the lobby of the Law Building.
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
“Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples” is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lead foundation underwriting is provided by:
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation
Additional generous support is provided by:
Franci Neely
The Sushila and Dr. Durga D. Agrawal Family
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
Joan and Stanford Alexander Family
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Joy and Benjamin Warren
Levant Foundation
Bettie Cartwright
Anne Lamkin Kinder
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz