For half a century, BMW Art Cars have offered a unique creative platform for renowned artists from around the world to ...

Few cars are as recognizable or iconic as Andy Warhol’s BMW M1 Art Car, and now it’s being added to a prestigious collection.

BMW will showcase Warhol’s M1 Art Car and Mehretu’s M Hybrid V8 together for the first time in North America at Monterey Car ...

Andy Warhol’s contribution to all this is a 1979 BMW M1 in Group 4 racing spec. The famed American artist painted the car himself “with only the aid of his assistant,” BMWArtCarCollection.com reports.

Andy Warhol BMW M1 Art Car turns 40 years old Warhol's Art Car is the fourth one ever produced. The U.S. pop artist didn't take weeks, days, or even hours to complete the red and green paint scheme.

Of course, the past plays a vital role in the future, since inputs of the Alexander Calder-designed 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL, the Andy Warhol BMW M1/1979, and the Esther Mahlangu BMW 525i/1991 have all ...

The BMW Art Car Project is still a thing. Since its creation in 1975, about 20 art cars were created – Warhol’s was the fourth – by artist like Frank Stella, Matazo Kayama or Cesar Manrique.

For the tenth year and the inaugural version in LA, BMW brought the Andy Warhol BMW M1 Art Car from Germany, and it stunned viewers in its beauty and quality, even after all these years since 1979.

BMW asked Warhol for an art car that same year, so the 470 hp M1 was pulled from racing and sent over to him that same year. The artist, who famously never got a driver’s license but had a deep ...

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – April 22, 2013 . . . At the inaugural fair of Paris Photo at LA's Paramount Pictures Studios, BMW is proud to present the M1 BMW Art Car by Andy Warhol, created by the pop ...

In addition to the car, BMW will also present a series of burlesque-style photos taken by renowned German photographer Uwe Düttmann. He used the 6 Series Gran Coupe as his subject, taking it to a ...

The Koons car number, “79,” pays tribute to the 1979 Andy Warhol car. The Warhol car was assigned the number “76,” an homage to the 1976 Frank Stella car, both of which raced at Le Mans.