BMW celebrates 50 years of Art Cars around the world

BMW is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Art Car collection this year with a World Tour. Several models will be on display at various museums around the world starting March 20.

Published 12/03/2025 à 16:32

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BMW celebrates 50 years of Art Cars around the world

The BMW Art Car World Tour kicks off in Europe and Asia. On March 20 and 21, BMW Art Cars created by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, and Jeff Koons will be on display at the Museum of Applied Arts and the SPARK Art Fair in Vienna as part of the "(R)Evolution of Art" event organized by BMW Group Niederlassung Wien. The latest and 20th BMW Art Car—the BMW M Hybrid V8 by American painter Julie Mehretu—will embark on an Asian tour and will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), from March 28 to 30.

BMW Art Car World Tour 2025

until April 16, 2025: Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
BMW Art Car #12 Esther Mahlangu

March 20-21, 2025: SPARK Art Fair and MAK Museum Vienna, Austria
“(R)Evolution of Art” event at BMW Niederlassung Wien
BMW Art Cars #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #6 Robert Rauschenberg, #14 David Hockney, #16 Jeff Koons

March 28-30, 2025: Art Basel in Hong Kong
BMW Art Car #20 Julie Mehretu

April 23-May 2, 2025: Shanghai Auto Show, China
BMW Art Car #20 Julie Mehretu

April 18-20, 2025: Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BMW Art Car #TBA

May 2025: 50 years of BMW Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
BMW Art Cars #5 Ernst Fuchs, #8 Ken Done, #11 AR Penck, #14 David Hockney, #15 Jenny Holzer, #19 John Baldessari

May 9-11, 2025: Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan
BMW Art Car #TBA

May 27-June 1, 2025: Bratislava, Slovakia
BMW Art Cars #2 Frank Stella, #7 Michael Jagamara Nelson, #9 Matazo Kayama

May 15-18, 2025: Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #17 Jeff Koons

May 23-25, 2025: Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
BMW Art Car #13 Sandro Chia

June 16, 2025–January 1, 2026: BMW Museum, Munich
BMW Art Cars #7 Michael Jagamara Nelson, #8 Ken Done, #13 Sandro Chia

June 16, 2025–August 31, 2025: BMW Welt, Munich
BMW Art Cars #15 Jenny Holzer, #20 Julie Mehretu

June 27-29, 2025: The Aurora, Båstad, Sweden
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #17 Jeff Koons

July 3-August 31, 2025: Louwman Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #2 Frank Stella, #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #10 César Manrique, #12 Esther Mahlangu, #14 David Hockney, #17 Jeff Koons

September 24-28, 2025: Contemporary Istanbul, Türkiye
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #20 Julie Mehretu

The Art Car World Tour schedule is still evolving and will continue throughout most of 2026. Additional stops and locations are planned, including Australia, Belgium (Brussels, Zoute), Macau, Germany (Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf), Kazakhstan, Latin America, Morocco (Marrakech), South Africa, Spain, Switzerland (Basel), and the United States.