Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Lectures Year of Saturday, August 24, 2024-Saturday, August 23, 2025
Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples Through January 20, 2025
Exploring 3,000 years of spiritual belief and practice, the expansive Living with the Godsfeatures more than 200 objects from the MFAH collections, along with exceptional loans from museums and …
19 Jan Sun / 2025
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Nicholas Thomas
Lecture | Gauguin and Polynesia: A New Perspective
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Anthropologist Nicholas Thomas will discuss the works of Paul Gauguin and Oceania. Thomas is the author of Gauguin and Polynesia which offers a fresh view on the artist, not from the perspective of European art history, but from the contemporary vantage point of the region – Oceania.
26 Jan Sun / 2025
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Miriama Bono
Lecture | Gauguin’s Tahitian Legacy
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Architect, cultural consultant, and artist Miriama Bono will present the contemporary works of international artists Kanaky and Yuki Kihara, how their work draws inspiration from Gauguin, and the impact of the painter's legacy in Tahiti.
