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 ...

The BMW Art Car Collection, a unique confluence of automotive engineering and fine art producing some of the fastest moving sculptures the world has ever seen, began as an inspired experiment and has ...

The 20th Art Car design is executed by a combination of painting, drawing and printmaking in Mehretu's typical fashion, but for the first time in the real world in the third dimension, adding a new ...

Celebrated Ethiopian American artist Julie Mehretu has reimagined the M Hybrid V8 as BMW Art Car #20, transforming the racecar into an exciting performative work of art to compete at the 24 Hours of ...

As BMW brings Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic 635CSi to Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, we sit down with Prof. Dr. Thomas Girst to discuss 51 years of cultural disruption, the shift from race tracks to city ...

Now in its 50th year, BMW’s Art Car series has once again landed front and center on the world’s stage, featuring in several retrospective exhibitions and commemorative races. As part of its ...