NEON and the Acropolis Museum invites you to the opening of the second part of the trilogy Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures featuring Lamassu of Nineveh (2018) on 6 October 2025 at 7:30 pm at the Outdoor Garden of the Museum.

Doors open at 5:30 pm on that day and visitors will be able to also visit the 1st part of the trilogy, the exhibition Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures at the Acropolis Museum Temporary Exhibition Gallery attend the lecture Heritage, Genocide and Memory by Dr. Alda Benjamen at 6 pm.

Lamassu of Nineveh (2018) is part of Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing series The Invisible Enemy Should not Exist (2006-ongoing) and was originally commissioned for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. The Athens installation brings the Lamassu into an immediate dialogue with multiple layers of history and memory: the archaeological excavation visible beneath the Acropolis Museum, the sacred landscape of the Acropolis above, the modern city around it, and the contemporary architectural space of the Museum itself.