BMW Art Cars

BMW Art Car Collection

Calder BMW Art Car at Goodwood 2015

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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

Hamann M4 Art Car at Geneva 2015

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  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 […]

Top Gear Tackles the Art Car

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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, […]

Robin Rhode: An Expression of Joy

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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. […]

Bugatti Veyron Art Car [video]

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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 […]

Andy Warhol and Cars: Museum Exhibition

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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

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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 […]

BMW Art Car Virtual Tour

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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 […]

BMW Art Cars: 1975 – 2010

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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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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.