{"id":13838,"date":"2025-08-27T10:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/bmw-art-cars-by-andy-warhol-and-julie-mehretu-debut-at-pebble-beach-concours-delegance\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:29:53","slug":"bmw-art-cars-by-andy-warhol-and-julie-mehretu-debut-at-pebble-beach-concours-delegance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/bmw-art-cars-by-andy-warhol-and-julie-mehretu-debut-at-pebble-beach-concours-delegance\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW art cars by andy warhol and julie mehretu debut at pebble beach concours d\u2019elegance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warhol and Mehretu land on Pebble Beach<\/h2>\n

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Celebrating fifty years of the Art Car<\/strong><\/a>, two of BMW<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s \u2018rolling sculptures\u2019 arrive to the coastal links of the famed Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance. The annual event, a beauty pageant for cars, marks the finale of Monterey Car Week<\/strong><\/a> and draws the most extravagant vehicles<\/strong><\/a> from across the world. This year\u2019s concours was held on August 17th, and over two hundred cars were shown.<\/p>\n

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Backdropped by the rocky coastline and fronted by enthusiastic spectators were two of BMW\u2019s most landmark Art Cars: Andy Warhol<\/a>\u2019s 1979 BMW M1 Group 4<\/strong> (see here<\/strong><\/a>) and the most recent work, Julie Mehretu\u2019s 2024 BMW M Hybrid V8<\/strong> (see here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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designboom was in attendance this year, and throughout the crowded, stretching show field we overheard mentions of the BMW Art Cars<\/strong><\/a> as a overwhelming highlight \u2014 especially with its reputation as perhaps the most valuable car in the world, with some guesses ranging from $60-$200 million.<\/p>\n

images courtesy BMW Group<\/p>\n

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a legendary bmw art car\u2019s global journey<\/h2>\n

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BMW\u2019s display at Pebble Beach marks the start of the North American leg of the Art Car World Tour, which has seen Andy Warhol\u2019s Art Car travel across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia throughout this 50th anniversary year. The iconic edition, with its gestural brushstrokes, arrives at California\u2019s Pebble Beach after recent showings in Dubai<\/strong><\/a> and Sweden<\/strong><\/a>. In April 2025, designboom visited<\/strong><\/a> Andy Warhol\u2019s Art Car when it appeared at Art Dubai, a stop along the World Tour which marked its debut in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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Two months later, we again encountered<\/strong><\/a> the Warhol car arrived to southern Sweden for the Aurora Scandinavian Concours<\/strong><\/a> in late June, where it was joined by three other historic BMW Art Cars: Alexander Calder\u2019s 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL<\/strong><\/a>, the first in the series; Roy Lichtenstein\u2019s 1977 BMW 320i<\/strong><\/a>, which renders an abstraction of passing scenery; and Jeff Koons\u2019 2010 BMW M3 GT2<\/strong><\/a>, spotted with the artist\u2019s graphic Pop Art motifs.<\/p>\n

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Julie Mehretu\u2019s Art Car has also has an international presence, debuting<\/strong><\/a> at the Centre Pompidou<\/strong><\/a> in Paris in 2024 and appearing at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza at Villa d\u2019Este<\/strong><\/a> in Lake Como before its racing deployment at Le Mans.<\/p>\n

BMW celebrates 50 years of its Art Car program at the Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance<\/p>\n

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Andy Warhol\u2019s Radical Intervention<\/h2>\n

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Andy Warhol\u2019s BMW M1, which displayed at Pebble Beach, was the fourth commission in the series, following Alexander Calder, Frank Stella<\/strong><\/a>, and Roy Lichtenstein. Painted in just twenty-eight minutes, the work stands apart for its visible texture. Warhol applied roughly thirteen pounds of paint directly to the car\u2019s surface with visible brushstrokes, foregoing preparatory sketches or scale models.<\/p>\n

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French racing driver and Art Car initiator Herv\u00e9 Poulain compared the live act of painting to a performance. Beyond its presence in museums and exhibitions, the car competed once at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979, underscoring the dual identity of the Art Cars as both artworks and machines.<\/p>\n

Julie Mehretu\u2019s BMW M Hybrid V8 makes its North American debut at Pebble Beach<\/p>\n

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julie mehretu continues the legacy<\/h2>\n

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Julie Mehretu\u2019s BMW M Hybrid V8 race car \u2014 the 20th Art Car \u2014 is a continuation of BMW\u2019s legendary series into the present. Using digitally altered photographs, abstract markings, and layered veils of color, her work reimagines the vehicle as a moving painting. The creation builds upon her monumental canvas Everywhen (2021\u20132023)<\/strong><\/a> which measures 10\u2019x10\u2032, and is currently entering MoMA\u2019s permanent collection. The dense, gestural abstraction in ink and acrylic is thus translated onto the racing prototype with BMW.<\/p>\n

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The Art Car competed at Le Mans in 2024 and continues to link artistic practice with motorsport. Mehretu has described the project as a \u2018performative painting,\u2019 one completed through the act of racing itself.<\/p>\n

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Mehretu translates her monumental painting Everywhen onto a racing prototype<\/p>\n

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the art car world tour<\/h2>\n

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The pairing of Warhol\u2019s late-1970s experiment with Mehretu\u2019s digital-age intervention at Pebble Beach emphasizes the breadth of the BMW Art Car program across five decades. Their presentation at Pebble Beach, the centerpiece of Monterey Car Week, coincides with another milestone: fifty years of BMW operating in the United States.<\/p>\n

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After the concours, the two Art Cars will travel to the East Coast, with appearances planned at The Bridge in New York and the Hagerty Drivers Foundation\u2019s Cars at the Capital exhibition in Washington, D.C. The ongoing Art Car World Tour reminds us how these works of art have shifted between racetracks, museums, and public settings like Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Andy Warhol\u2019s BMW M1 Art Car was painted in just 28 minutes<\/p>\n

Mehretu\u2019s BMW Art Car competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2024<\/p>\n

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The Warhol BMW Art Car also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Warhol applied around thirteen pounds of paint directly to the BMW M1 surface<\/p>\n

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Julie Mehretu\u2019s BMW M Hybrid V8 was unveiled at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2024<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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event: <\/strong>Pebble Beach Concours d\u2019Elegance<\/a><\/p>\n

cars: <\/strong>Andy Warhol\u2019s BMW M1 Group 4 (#4, 1979) + Julie Mehretu<\/a>\u2018s BMW M Hybrid V8 (#20, 2024)<\/p>\n

brand:<\/strong>\u00a0BMW<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@bmw<\/a><\/p>\n

date:\u00a0<\/strong>August 17th, 2025<\/p>\n

photography:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a9 BMW Group<\/p>\n

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