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Calder BMW Art Car at Goodwood 2015

May 2, 2015 By Philip Papeman

Incredible ‘Batmobile’ took part in the Spring Sprint in April From April 30, 2015 — The folks from Goodwood caught Alexander Calder’s 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car showing off at the Spring Sprint event in April. Video Firing On… SIX! BMW CSL Batmobile art car Sources Goodwood Road & Racing via YouTube

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Hamann M4 Art Car at Geneva 2015

March 11, 2015 By Philip Papeman

  Dazzling 2015 BMW M4 with design by Timo Wuerz German automotive tuner Hamann Motorsport brings a modified 2015 BMW M4 to the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show. Styled by Timo Wuerz, the BMW M4 F82 also includes lowering springs, custom wheels and an upgraded twin-turbo straight-six engine with 517 horsepower. Gallery Click any image […]

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Herve Poulain and the BMW Art Car

December 20, 2014 By Philip Papeman

The Ultimate BMW Story December 20, 2014 – BMW presents a very short story about Hervé Poulain, the inventor of the BMW Art Car. Be sure to enable “Subtitles/CC” if necessary. Video Herve Poulain, the BMW Art Car inventor Sources BMW via YouTube

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Warhol BMW Art Car Coming to Boston

September 6, 2013 By Philip Papeman

BMW to showcase 1979 Andy Warhol M1 art car at ARTcetera 2013 in Boston September 3, 2013 | Woodcliff Lake, N.J. | Press Release — BMW of North America is pleased to feature its M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol at Boston’s annual ARTcetera fundraising event to support the AIDS Action Committee. Originally raced in Le […]

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Top Gear Tackles the Art Car

June 24, 2013 By Philip Papeman

Can cars be more popular than traditional art? From 2011 – Jeremy, James and Richard try their hand at creating a variety automotive-themed art: The Top Gear trio are challenged to find out by producing motoring “art” for an exhibition in Middlesborough. Jeremy enlists the help of former racing driver David Coulthard for some paintballing F1-style, […]

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BMW Art Cars Visit Estonia 2013

April 16, 2013 By Philip Papeman

Four BMW Art Cars on Display at Kumu Art Museum through July 28, 2013 April 14, 2013 – As reported by the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn, Estonia: The Goethe Institute, in cooperation with the BMW Group and Kumu Art Museum, is bringing four works of art from the extraordinary BMW Art Car Collection to Estonia. […]

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BMW 3 Series Sedan by Andy Reiben

April 9, 2013 By Philip Papeman

Visual artist Andy Reiben creates art from a BMW sedan March 29, 2013 | Press Release – When there is an interesting idea and enthusiasm, this may result in literally a work of art. In the beginning there was a bold vision of the company of DyCom Group from Karlovy Vary, a BMW authorized dealer, to […]

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BMW Art Cars in London 2012

April 5, 2013 By Philip Papeman

London Exhibition of BMW Art Cars photographed by Harold Wood The work of 16 international artists displayed at the NCP Car Park on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch From July 21, 2012 – From 21 July to 4 August 2012, BMW and the ICA took over a landmark car park in Shoreditch, London for a […]

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BMW Art Cars in Miniature

January 12, 2013 By Philip Papeman

The complete collection of 1:18 scale BMW Art Cars January 12, 2013 – YouTube member Markie6114 shares his collection of 1:18 scale BMW Art Cars. The collection appears complete. As far as we know, no scale miniature was ever produced of Olafur Eliasson’s BMW H2R Project (BMW Art Car #16). Video BMW Art Car Collection […]

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Evo Reviews the BMW Art Car Collection [video]

September 20, 2012 By Philip Papeman

“… I think the collection lost its way for one very simple reason.” September 20, 2012 – Henry Catchpole of Evo Magazine takes a brief look at the BMW Art Car Collection which started in 1975. Interesting observations. Video BMW Art Car Collection Sources EVOTV via YouTube

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BMW Art Cars at EMMA 2012 [video]

September 16, 2012 By Philip Papeman

Espoo Museum of Modern Art in Finland exhibits six BMW Art Cars Exhibition Dates: September 1, 2012 – October 31, 2012 September 11, 2012 – The EMMA exhibition is being organised in conjunction with BMW Finland. BMW is the main partner of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. Video BMW Art Cars at EMMA 2012 The […]

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BMW Art Car Lands on Pulpit Rock [video]

September 16, 2012 By Philip Papeman

BMW M3 GT2 by Jeff Koons placed on Pulpit Rock in Norway From August 21, 2012 – As reported by FASTLAPracing via YouYube: Early morning 21st of August 2012, BMW Art Car project after two days of anticipation for good weather finally dropped their M3 GT2 on famous Pulpit Rock (or Preikestolen), Norway. As one of […]

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Robin Rhode: An Expression of Joy

September 4, 2012 By Philip Papeman

One renowned artist is given a 300-horsepower paintbrush and total creative freedom. From November 14, 2008 – In contrast to the renowned BMW Art Car Program, where artists are commissioned to apply artwork to the car’s existing structure, South African Robin Rhode was given a car to create an interaction that was documented by filmmaker Jake Scott. […]

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Bugatti Veyron Art Car [video]

September 3, 2012 By Philip Papeman

Ian Cook Tranforms a Bugatti Veyron From July 30, 2012 – As reported by CarBuzz.com: British artist Ian Cook, also known as PopBangColour, has created an incredible work of automotive art for this year’s Wilton Classic and Supercars event. Using a Bugatti Veyron as his canvas, Cook created a Gulf-liveried wrap complete with bar codes, Twitter […]

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BMW Art Car Collection in UK [video]

July 6, 2012 By Philip Papeman

BMW Art Car Collection on show for the first time in the UK July 5, 2012 – London. The ICA, in partnership with BMW, the Mayor of London and the London 2012 Festival, will take over a landmark car park in Shoreditch for two weeks only from 21 July to 4 August for a unique exhibition […]

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Andy Warhol and Cars: Museum Exhibition

January 25, 2012 By Philip Papeman

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 […]

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Grand Central Terminal Hosts BMW Art Cars 2009

January 24, 2012 By Philip Papeman

Rhode, Stella and Jake Scott to attend preview 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 – A public art installation will […]

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BMW Art Car Virtual Tour

July 13, 2011 By Philip Papeman

World Premiere: The BMW Art Car Collection on the Internet Legendary collection as a virtual video tour July 11, 2011 — Munich. Just in time to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the BMW Group’s international cultural commitment, the legendary BMW Art Car Collection can now be seen for the first time within a virtual […]

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BMW Art Cars: 1975 – 2010

June 15, 2011 By Philip Papeman

Video BMW Art Cars: 1975 – 2010 The first BMW Art Car, famous artist Alexander Calder painted in 1975. In the years that followed the unique Collection grew bigger and bigger. Artists like Stella, Lichtenstein, Warhol and Koons turned BMW cars into BMW Art Cars. Sources BMW via YouTube

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We just like art cars.

Bmwartcarcollection.com is an independent enthusiast website dedicated to the BMW Art Cars and is in no way affiliated with, or endorsed by, BMW AG or BMW of North America. BMW, the BMW badge, and any related logotypes, devices, names and slogans are registered trademarks of BMW AG and are used here for identification purposes only. Every effort has been made to give proper and prominent credit to original sources.

BMW Art Cars

Since 1975, 19 international artists have created BMW Art Cars. The collection began when French race car driver and art aficionado Hervé Poulain, in collaboration with BMW Motorsport Director Jochen Neerpasch, asked his artist friend Alexander Calder to design a car.

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