News
The 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza always has some neat cars around. BMW upped the ante this year by bringing a selection of Art Cars from throughout its history, showcasing the newest one by Julie Mehretu –…
Steven Paul / May 31, 2024
Auto Shows
A few days after its unveiling in Paris, BMW’s 20th Art Car made its way to Italy for the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Renowned artist Julie Mehretu and BMW M CEO Frank Van Meel…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 24, 2024
Racing
The latest BMW’s Art Car project was unveiled this week in Paris at Centre Pompidou in front of a global audience. The new art car showcases the exciting blend of art and engineering. The 20th…
Horatiu Boeriu / May 23, 2024
Racing
BMWBLOG was invited to Paris where the #20 BMW Art Car celebrated its world premiere last night. The special event took place at Centre Pompidou where the colorful M Hybrid V8 was joined by the…
Adrian Padeanu / May 22, 2024
Interesting
Top Five BMW Art Cars
by Steven Paul
/ Date: March 5, 2024
5 Series
The first BMW Art Car dates back to 1975 with Alexander Calder’s famous 3.0 CSL, but it wasn’t until 1991 that a woman penned a vehicle for the Art Car series. This 5 Series Sedan,…
Adrian Padeanu / January 17, 2024
Lifestyle
At a vibrant event at New York’s Guggenheim Museum on June 28th, BMW announced Julie Mehretu as the 20th Art Car artist. The vehicle chosen as the next Art Car canvas is the BMW M…
Kanon Cozad / June 30, 2023
News
BMW Unveils Latest Art Car Collaboration with Julie Mehretu BMW’s Art Car story continues next year with a new chapter. Today, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, BMW unveiled its latest…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 28, 2023
BMW M1
Climate activists have been vandalizing priceless art in museums across Europe for the past few weeks. The group is called Ultima Generazione (Italian for “Last Generation”) and it’s vandalizing art in an attempt to make…
Nico DeMattia / November 22, 2022
3 Series
BMW only made 19 art cars, but this isn’t one of them. What we’re dealing with here is a custom build based on an original 3 Series that isn’t so original anymore… The main idea…
Adrian Padeanu / July 1, 2022
News
You’ve probably seen your fair share of colorful BMWs, but there have been only 19 official art cars over the years. It all started back in 1975 with the 3.0 CSL designed by Alexander Calder,…
Adrian Padeanu / May 2, 2022