Like a true rock star, the BMW Art Car Collection has started a world tour. The “Rolling Sculptures” has celebrated half a century since Alexander Calders 3.0 CSL of 3.0 CSL. The tour starts in Europe today. The pioneers are cars written by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney and Jeff Koons. You can check them in the Museum of Applied Arts and Spark Art Fair in Vienna, Austria.
From March 28, the BMW M Hybrid V8 of the American painter Julie Mehretu will begin the Asian Tour. The first stop for the latest Kuntauto will be in Art Basel in Hong Kong. We have included a selection of the BMW Art Car World Tour 2025 program at the end of the article. The tour is also continued in Australia, Belgium (Brussels, Zoute), China (Macau) and Germany (Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf) by 2026. In addition, Kazakhstan, Latin America, Morocco (Marrakech), South Africa, Spain, Switzerland (Basel) and the USA are on the list.
If they are not sent to different parts of the world, the art cars live in the BMW Museum in Munich. From June 16, the M3 Art Cars by Sandro Chia, Michael Jagamara Nelson and Ken Done will be exhibited there. In addition, BMW will present all seven generations of the 3 Series to bring out half 50 years since E21.
BMW Art Car World Tour 2025 program
Until April 16, 2025: Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
BMW Art Car #12 Esther Mahlangu
20-21 March 2025: Funkenkunstmesse and Mak Museum Vienna, Austria
Event “(R) Development of Art” of the BMW Niederstief Vienna
BMW Art Cars #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #6 Robert Rauschenberg, #14 David Hockney, #17 Jeff Koons
March 28 to March 30, 2025: Art Basel in Hong Kong
BMW Art Car #20 Julie Mehrretu
April 23, May 2, 2025: Shanghai Auto Show, China
BMW Art Car #20 Julie Mehrretu
18.-20. April 2025: Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates
BMW Art Car # TBA
May 2025: 50 years 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
9-11 May 2025: Taipei Dangdai, Taiwaner
BMW Art Car # TBA
May 27 – June 1, 2025: Bratislava, Slovakia
BMW Art Cars #2 Frank Stella, #7 Michael Jagamara Nelson, #9 Matazo Kayama
15.-18. May 2025: Marktmesse, Stockholm, Sweden
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #17 Jeff Koons
23.-25. May 2025: Concorso d’Elanza Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
BMW Art Car #13 Sandro Chia
June 16, 2025-1 2026: BMW Museum, Munich
BMW Art Cars #7 Michael Jagamara Nelson, #8 Ken Done, #13 Sandro Chia
June 16, 2025-31 August 2025: BMW Welt, Munich
BMW Art Cars #15 Jenny Holzer, #20 Julie Mehretu
27th to June 29, 2025: The Aurora, Båstad, Sweden
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #3 Roy Lichtenstein, #4 Andy Warhol, #17 Jeff Koons
3. Juli-31august, 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
24.-28. September 2025: Contemporary Istanbul, Türkiye
BMW Art Cars #1 Alexander Calder, #20 Julie Mehretu
Source: BMW
