Renowned American sculptor Alexander Calder was the first artist to put pen to paper in the effort to create an art car for BMW. Commissioned by racing driver Hervé Poulain, the original 3.0 CSL art ...

When Julie Mehretu was first approached to design the BMW Art Car, she wasn’t sure she was ready for the challenge. “I was really concerned about taking on a project like this and I didn’t think I ...

Today, at the Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles, BMW unveiled a stunning and surprisingly animated tribute to an iconic vehicle from the brand’s long-running Art Car program. Based on a 5-Series sedan ...

Once again, BMW has partnered with international art fair Frieze Los Angeles to display its custom designer cars. This year, the brand unveiled its new BMW i5 Flow Nostokana with electronically ...

Many of you reading this right now were probably too young to care (or perhaps not even born) way back in 1975, when, during the Le Mans endurance race, German carmaker BMW entered a 3.0 CSL ...

BMW’s latest Art Car almost didn’t come into existence, says its creator, Julie Mehretu. “I actually tried to turn it down.” It’s not that she wasn’t interested. The abstract artist has long been a ...

Back in 2018, artist Julie Mehretu was unanimously selected by a jury of high-ranking representatives of the international art world to design the 20th BMW Art Car for its race in the 24 Hours of Le ...

Earlier this month, PUMA introduced the second installment of its special Art Car collection series inspired by BMW M Motorsport’s iconic Art Car series. The latest drop saw the brand revisit ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...