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Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Left to right, Standing female figure with clasped hands

Left to right

Standing female figure with clasped hands

Gypsum (with modern restoration)

Iraq, Tutub (modern Khafajah), Sin Temple IX, Q 42:3

Early Dynastic period (2700-2500 BCE)

Excavated by the Iraq Expedition of the Institute for the Study

of Ancient Cultures in 1933–34

Lent by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

of The University of Chicago, A12435

 

Michael Rakowitz, The invisible enemy should not exist, 2007 – ongoing

Objects from cardboard, Middle Eastern packaging and Arabic- English newspapers, glue, museum labels, Dimensions variable

Courtesy the artist and Green Art Gallery, Dubai

 

Game board fragment with incised squares

Baked clay (with modern restoration)

Iraq, Adab (modern Bismaya), Mound IVa

Old Babylonian period (2004-1595 BCE)

Excavated by the Oriental Expedition Fund in 1903–04

Lent by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago, A381

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025

Installation view. A collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum

Photography © Natalia Tsoukala, Courtesy ΝΕΟΝ, the Acropolis Museum and the artist

Press Release

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures is the opening exhibition of the trilogy Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, a collaboration between the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Acropolis Museum and NEON Organization. It presents the multifaceted work of internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Michael Rakowitz interacting with ancient artifacts from the Middle East and southeastern Mediterranean.

Through intensely political works, the exhibition highlights the importance of cultural heritage, and explores themes of loss, restoration and restitution of antiquities, survival and forging new cultural identities.

Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures is a timely reminder of the fate of displaced people and cultural artifacts in the midst of war.

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