This expansive exhibition explores 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice through 200 historic and contemporary objects. British art historian and long-time museum director Neil MacGregor was invited to revisit his 2017 BBC radio series and book of the same title, bringing that vision to great objects in the MFAH’s collections as well as landmark loans from international institutions. Displayed in dialogue across a suite of 11 galleries, the installations will explore elemental themes such as the cosmos, light, water, fire; the mysteries of life and death; the divine word; and pilgrimage. The exhibition draws from regions across ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe and the Americas.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
