Pierre Arpin Creates Immortal Art from Recycled Metal

This transmutation of recycled metal parts is a way to extend the life of auto parts From February 9, 2012 – One day, while waiting in an auto repair shop, Canadian sculptor Pierre Arpin spotted a damaged hood and asked if he could have it. The shop obliged, starting the artist down a lengthy path of [...]

Andy Warhol Loved Cars

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburg to Present Warhol and Cars: American Icons January 23, 2012 – Pittsburgh – Warhol and Cars: American Icons is the first exhibition to examine Warhol’s enduring fascination with automotive vehicles as products of American consumer society. This exhibition features more than forty drawings, paintings, photographs, and related archival material spanning from [...]

Grand Central Terminal Hosts BMW Art Cars 2009

Rhode, Stella and filmmaker Jake Scott will attend March 24 preview of installation Two-week public art installation featuring BMW Art Cars by Stella, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg and a project by artist Robin Rhode commissioned by BMW to open at Grand Central Terminal on March 25, 2009 From March 2009 – New York, NY – [...]

BMW Art Car Tour 2006

January 2, 2012

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BMW Art Car Tour 2006

The BMW Art Car World Tour kicks off in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is the first station for the international museum exhibiton about “rolling sculptures” From 2006 – Munich / Kuala Lumpur. On September 14, 2006, the unique BMW Art Car Collection will start its world tour through international museums worldwide. BMW cars designed by artists [...]

Inside Look at the BMW Art Car Collection

Inside Look at the BMW Art Car Collection

The man behind BMW’s Art Car Collection Article | Sympatico.ca Autos | Bradley Horn | December 14, 2011 Dr. Thomas Girst give us an exclusive, insider’s look at the famed car collection and why it matters to the art world. I finally catch up with Dr. Thomas Girst on his mobile. After a week of [...]

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Jeff Koons Miniature BMW Art Car

Jeff Koons Miniature BMW Art Car

Jeff Koons Decorates a Limited-Edition Miniature BMW M3 GT2 Art Car Big Art on a Small Scale. Jeff Koons decorates a Limited-Edition BMW Miniature December 8, 2011 – Munich. Power, motion, and light inspired American artist Jeff Koons as he worked on the legendary BMW M3 GT2 (more info here and here). Bearing his unmistakable [...]

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Homemade 1989 BMW M3 Art Car

Homemade 1989 BMW M3 Art Car

BMW CCA racer Miguel Aponte-Rios creates his own 1989 E30 M3 BMW Art Car November 12, 2011 – Apparently, Miguel Aponte-Rios has wanted a BMW E30 M3 since high school: “I wanted to do something different with it. Something that would evoke its ‘80s era. A dozen designs, scribbles, napkins, papers and drawings later, I [...]

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Warhol BMW Art Car at Art Toronto 2011

Warhol BMW Art Car at Art Toronto 2011

At the Toronto International Art Fair, BMW Canada presents Andy Warhol’s 1979 BMW M1 October 31, 2011 – As the official vehicle of Art Toronto 2011, BMW Canada is proud to present iconic artist Andy Warhol’s 1979 Art Car – the BMW M1. Since 1975, artists from around the globe have turned BMW automobiles into [...]

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BMW M1 by Stella Acquired by Collector

BMW M1 by Stella Acquired by Collector

BMW M1 Procar with livery by Frank Stella is acquired by Jonathan Sobel The first Art Car in private hands to go on public display at BMW of Southampton dealership in 2012 New York, October 7, 2011 – Jonathan Sobel, owner of BMW of Southampton and an avid art collector, has acquired the Frank Stella [...]

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Porsche Embraces the Art Car

Porsche Embraces the Art Car

19 Latin American artists turn a 911 GT2 hood into a canvas September 21, 2011 – When we report on “art cars,” we’re usually discussing BMW. But Porsche has just announced its own interpretation on the art car in the form of a unique exhibition now on display at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Click [...]

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