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Unicorn is pop

Sun, February 1, 12 & 2 p.m.

From medieval murals to bright pink toys: To conclude the exhibition, journalist, architecture and museum historian Nikolaus Bernau (radio3, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, FAZ, Tagesspiegel, ZEIT) will give a lecture taking a pointed look at the presence, stretching from the Middle Ages to the present day, of a creature that supposedly does not exist—and yet is omnipresent.

The lecture traces the often astonishing paths of the unicorn as a dazzling projection screen for hopes, identities, and social debates. The unicorn has been part of our everyday life for centuries. It appears in elitist court art and heartfelt religion, is displayed in museums, used as a political tool, as a queer symbol, and in children's imaginations – always changeable, contradictory, and ambiguous.

The Unicorn is Pop
Lecture (in German) by Nikolaus Bernau, journalist, architecture and museum historian

February 1, 2026
12 p.m. & 2 p.m., 30 min. each
Museum Barberini, Auditorium

Dates and tickets

  • The lecture will take place at 12 noon and 2 p.m. No event ticket is required to attend; a regular admission ticket is sufficient. Please note that seating is limited.

  • Sun, Feb 1, 12 p.m.
  • Sun, Feb 1, 2 p.m.