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A Living Absence: Michael Rakowitz at the Acropolis Museum

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Left to right: Michael Rakowitz. The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist (Room G, Northwest Palace of Nimrud, Panel 23). 2019. Relief from Middle Eastern packaging and Arabic-English newspapers, glue, cardboard on wooden structures, museum label. 238 x 222 x 9 cm. Centre national des art plastiques. The invisible enemy should not exist (Room G, Northwest Palace of Nimrud, Panel 24). 2019. Relief from Middle Eastern packaging and Arabic-English newspapers, glue, cardboard on wooden structures, museum label. 237 x 219.5 x 8.5 cm. The invisible enemy should not exist (Room G, panel 25, Northwest Palace of Nimrud). 2019. Sculpture, relief from Middle Eastern packaging and Arabic-English newspapers, glue, cardboard on wooden structures, museum label. 237 x 198 x 8.5 cm. Installation view of Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures, 2025, Acropolis Museum. Collaboration between NEON + the Acropolis Museum. Photography by Natalia Tsoukala. Image courtesy of the artist, ΝΕΟΝ and the Acropolis Museum

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