BMW Art Cars - three words that evoke the legendary link-up of car icons such as the BMW M1 and the BMW Z1, with world-famous artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Jeff Koons. Read on to see who designed which BMW model, how, and why. The BMW Art Cars offer a cross-section of art history over the past five decades with references to minimalism, pop art, magical realism, abstraction, conceptual art and digital art.
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To mark the 50th anniversary, the BMW Art Car World Tour features an exhibition programme spanning all five continents including numerous accompanying events. The BMW Gallery opened in 1986 titled "BMW & Five American Artists," displaying five of the six BMW Art Cars created thus far. The BMW Art Car World Tour, a celebration of the fusion between art and automotive innovation, marked the 50th anniversary of the BMW Art Car Collection in 2025 with an extraordinary journey across five continents.
Featuring over 45 stops in more than 30 countries, the tour captivated hundreds of thousands of visitors with its iconic collection of 20 BMW Art Cars, each a masterpiece created by. The definitive online guide to BMW Art Cars. Beginning in 1975, 20 world.
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Discover how the BMW Gallery in Manhattan showcased art and elevated the brand, creating a cultural hub for premium customers. The BMW Gallery would cater to BMW's potential customer base not only by presenting BMW's automobiles in an attractive and premium setting but by staging art exhibits like those its customers would seek out in galleries and museums throughout New York City. NEW YORK, NY.- For the past 50 years, the BMW Art Car series has provided artists fascinated by automobiles with a perfect playground of art and design, technology and innovation, motorsport and engineering.
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"The BMW Art Car Collection celebrates 50 years of artistic freedom and visionary design. The 20 vehicles have become international icons, telling stories of society, technology, and performance," says Ilka Horstmeier, Board Member for Human Resources and Real Estate at BMW Group. BMW's art car collection celebrates its 50th anniversary with exhibitions of iconic models by andy warhol, jeff koons and more.
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