The unicorn may be a mythical beast, but centuries’ worth of art and literature have made it quite real. An endless parade of Medieval tapestries, ancient Greek texts, Renaissance paintings, ...

In the thirty-one months since the investor Aileen Lee popularized the term “unicorn” as shorthand for a startup technology company worth a billion dollars or more, the concept has gone from novelty ...

One of the finest works of late medieval art is a celebration of the senses. One of the finest works of late medieval art is the “Lady and the Unicorn” tapestry. It’s a celebration of the senses ...

The Musée National du Moyen Age welcomes representations of the mythical creature from every culture and era, though even ...

The painter Llewellyn Xavier deploys an arsenal of bold and bright pigments to capture the light and life of the Caribbean he calls home. Over the course his career, Xavier has tackled issues ranging ...

This is hard to write after a long Chicago winter, but: You’re going to have to head to Navy Pier soon. You’re going to have to walk among the tourists. I know, I know. All those families from Iowa ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Towards the end of Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll stages a furious battle between a lion and a unicorn. The fight is based on ...

One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little to do with one another, they have multiple associations in European thought. In southern ...