Members Preview | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples” Saturday, October 26, 2024 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
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.
October 26, 2024
MFAH members are invited to enjoy early access to the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples, which opens to the public on October 27. How has humanity given form to spiritual beliefs across time and cultures? Living with the Gods explores the question in an expansive exhibition featuring more than 200 objects from the past 3,000 years.
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- Free Admission
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Related Event
- Members Preview Curatorial Lecture
Saturday, October 26, 4 p.m.
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- This exhibition is located on the upper level of the Law Building.
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“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:
The Sushila and Dr. Durga D. Agrawal Family
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
Joan and Stanford Alexander Family
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Franci Neely
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