The artist Julie Mehretu has unveiled the next BMW Art Car—the 20th in the German automaker’s series of contemporary art commissions—at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Mehretu’s customised car will head to the annual 24-Hour race of Le Mans, northwestern France, in June for its first competition. Now the BMW Art Car is another version of my painting and it looks like its grille has inhaled the paint.” The Art Car commission is Mehretu’s most high-profile corporate commission in more than a decade. BMW’s Art Car Series, which launched in 1975 with Alexander Calder’s fittingly popping paint job on a BMW 3.0 CSL, has since involved many of the biggest names in contemporary art, from Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol to Jenny Holzer, David Hockney, Jeff Koons and Cao Fei. In addition to racing at Le Mans and travelling for temporary exhibitions, vehicles from the BMW Art Car series are on rotating display at the BMW Museum in Munich.

Source: Ethiopian News May 22, 2024 10:06 UTC