Munich/Doha. BMW has been an international spouse of Artwork
Basel for over twenty years, supporting visionary inventive voices
throughout its displays. To mark the inaugural version of Artwork Basel Doha Information,
going down from 3 to 7 February 2026, and as a part of the BMW Artwork Automobile
International Excursion, BMW will provide David Hockney’s BMW Artwork Automobile (1995) in
Doha, along a gap reception on the BMW Living room, celebrating
the long-lasting discussion between recent artwork, innovation and mobility.
Because the Affiliate Spouse of Artwork Basel globally, BMW continues its
longstanding enhance for the honest’s VIP automotive provider.
“I believed it could be a good suggestion to turn the auto as though one
may just see within.”
—
David Hockney, BMW Artwork Automobile #14, 1995.
At the instance of Artwork Basel’s first version in Doha Information, BMW brings one
of probably the most celebrated works from its Artwork Automobile Assortment to the
area. Exhibited on the iconic Sahat Wadi Msheireb Plaza, Hockney’s
BMW Artwork Automobile transforms the auto into an X-ray-like imaginative and prescient,
revealing its internal, occupants and motion.
The presentation highlights Hockney’s fascination with color,
standpoint and the passage of time, whilst striking his visible language
in discussion with 5 a long time of BMW Artwork Automobile historical past.
BMW Living room at Artwork Basel Doha Information 2026.To rejoice
Artwork Basel Doha Information, BMW items the BMW Living room at
M7, open to guests right through the exhibition’s
professional opening hours. The Living room gives visitors the chance to
discover the BMW Artwork Automobile Assortment in miniature, offering curated
insights into BMW’s long-standing engagement with recent artwork.
A gap reception shall be held for visitors, with opening remarks by way of
artist Christoph Niemann, Tom Eccles
(Govt Director, Centre for Curatorial Research, Bard School) and
Prof Dr Thomas Girst (Head of Cultural Engagement,
BMW Team). The audio system will replicate at the ongoing discussion between
recent artwork, car innovation and the cultural legacy of
David Hockney and the BMW Artwork Automobile Assortment.
The 14th BMW Artwork Automobile: David Hockney, 1995.Born
in Bradford, England, in 1937, David Hockney is likely one of the maximum
influential artists of his technology. A graduate of the Royal School
of Artwork, he emerged from the circles of Swinging 1960s London to
outline a extremely unique type of world Pop Artwork.
David Hockney’s Artwork Automobile gives an intensive reinterpretation of
car paintwork by way of successfully turning the auto within out. Like
an X-ray, the design finds the anatomy of the auto and its occupants:
the description of the driving force seems at the door, whilst Hockney’s
dachshund Stanley sits at the again seat. Stylised engine elements
span the bonnet, whilst sweeping fields of inexperienced evoke panorama,
movement and time. His Artwork Automobile, conceived purely as an exhibition piece,
hasn’t ever been pushed at the highway or in pageant.
For over 50 years, the BMW Artwork Automobile Assortment has supplied artists
with a singular platform to have interaction with cars as areas for
inventive experimentation. From Alexander Calder and Andy Warhol to
Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons and Julie Mehretu, the 20 BMW Artwork Vehicles
constitute a cross-section of modern artwork historical past, spanning
minimalism, pop artwork, abstraction, conceptual and virtual artwork.
To rejoice its fiftieth anniversary, the BMW Artwork Automobile International Excursion
items an bold world exhibition programme throughout all 5
continents. The excursion underscores BMW’s long-term dedication to
cultural engagement, bringing in combination artwork, era, motorsport and
design in a uniquely cellular museum of “rolling sculptures”. The
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The BMW Artwork Automobile Assortment.The BMW Artwork Automobile
initiative, born from the imaginative and prescient of French racing motive force and artwork
broker Hervé Poulain and BMW Head of Motorsport Jochen Neerpasch, has
turn out to be a cornerstone of BMW’s cultural engagement. Over the a long time,
the gathering has grown to incorporate works by way of Frank Stella, Robert
Rauschenberg, Esther Mahlangu, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, and lots of
others, every contributing their distinctive inventive standpoint.
BMW’s dedication to tradition extends some distance past the BMW Artwork Automobile
Assortment, encompassing greater than 100 tasks throughout
recent artwork, song, movie, and design. The corporate’s willpower to
fostering creativity and innovation continues to resonate globally, as
evidenced by way of the luck of the Artwork Automobile International Excursion.
The historical past of BMW’s mythical Artwork Vehicles.
Alexander Calder / BMW 3.0 CSL / 1975
Frank Stella / BMW 3.0 CSL / 1976
Roy Lichtenstein / BMW 320i Turbo / 1977
Andy Warhol / BMW M1 / 1979
Ernst Fuchs / BMW 635 CSi / 1982
Robert Rauschenberg / BMW 635 CSi / 1986
Michael Jagamara Nelson / BMW M3 Team A / 1989
Ken Executed / BMW M3 Team A / 1989
Matazo Kayama / BMW 535i / 1990
César Manrique / BMW 730i / 1990
A.R. Penck / BMW Z1 / 1991
Esther Mahlangu / BMW 525i / 1991
Sandro Chia / BMW M3 GTR / 1992
David Hockney / BMW 850 CSi / 1995
Jenny Holzer / BMW V12 LMR / 1999
Ólafur Elíasson / BMW H2R / 2007
Jeff Koons / BMW M3 GT2 / 2010
Cao Fei / BMW M6 GT3 / 2017
John Baldessari / BMW M6 GTLM / 2016
Julie Mehretu / BMW M Hybrid V8 / 2024
