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BMW's new Art Car

The BMW M6 GTLM racer was designed by the popular artist John Baldessari from the USA. This Art Car became the 18th in the art collection of the German brand. All BMW cars that are in this collection - in our photo gallery

BMW's new Art Car

    BMW used this year's Art Basel Miami to unveil its 19th piece of rolling sculpture — the BMW Art Car by John Baldessari. Baldessari is a veteran of as the Los Angeles art scene and a successful champion of both modernism and minimalism.

    In the photo: John Baldessari and his new creation.

BMW's new Art Car

    In the photo: the BMW 3.0 CSL is the first piece of art of an exclusive and unique collection: the BMW art cars. It was created by American sculptor Alexander Calder in 1975.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1976 Frank Stella, an American artist and a passionate motor racing fan was commissioned to create the second BMW Art Car: a BMW 3.0 CSL coupé.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1977 Roy Lichtenstein turned a BMW 320i into a piece of his art.

BMW's new Art Car

    The fourth Bmw Art Car, a BMW M1, was created in 1979 by the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol.

BMW's new Art Car

In 1982 Austrian painter Ernst Fuchs created the fifth BMW Art Car, a 635 CSi.

BMW's new Art Car

    The BMW 635 CSI Art Car is the sixth addition to BMW's collection, created by the abstract expressionist Robert Rauschenberg.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1989 the Australian artist, Michael Jagamara Nelson, transformed "his" black BMW M3 from the Motorsport section of BMW Australia into a masterpiece of Papunya art.

BMW's new Art Car

    In the same year, another Australian artist, Ken Done, was requested to paint the same BMW model - M3.

BMW's new Art Car

    The Japanese artist Matazo Kayama designed the BMW 535i in 1990.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1990, another BMW was created - the 730i model, designed by the Spain artist Cesar Manrique.

BMW's new Art Car

In 1991, the BMW Z1 was transformed into an Art Car by the German artist A.R. Penck.

BMW's new Art Car

    In the same year, the BMW 525i model got its new color in ethnic style. The Art Car was created by the South African painter Esther Mahlangu.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1992, the Italian artist Sandro Chia covered the racer BMW Touring with colors.

BMW's new Art Car

    The next BMW Art Car appeared in 1995. The author of its appearance was the British painter David Hockney.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 1999, the American concept artist, Jenny Holzer, has covered the 15th Art Car, a BMW V12 LMR, with surprising messages.

BMW's new Art Car

    The next car of the collection pleased fans of BMW only in 2007. The presentation of the Art Car was the most unusual - BMW H2R, a hydrogen-powered vehicle, was shown to the public in the "shell" of metal and ice. The contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson created this car.

BMW's new Art Car

    In 2010, at the premiere of the 17th BMW Art Car Jeff Koons unveiled and signed his car in front of 300 international VIP guests on June 1 in the Centre Pompidou. The artist admitted to working on the M3GT2 model for a whole year.

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