BMW's art car collection comes to the UK for the first time | Car Talk - Car News Jul 2012

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15:51 Thursday 15 Aug 2013

BMW is displaying a selection of its famed 'art cars' in an NCP car park in London.

The exhibition, which is part of the London 2012 Festival, is being held at the NCP car park on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch.

This is the first time that BMW's art cars have been exhibited in the UK and the collection includes cars designed by some of the world's leading artists, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Ernst Fuchs, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Koons and David Hockney.

The cars will remain on display until Saturday, and the car park is open from midday to 9pm every day.

Take a look below at some of BMW's arty cars.

 

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder 3.0 CSL (1975)

 

Frank Stella

Frank Stella 3.0 CSL (1976)

 

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein 320i Turbo (1977)

 

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol M1 (1979)

 

A. R. Penck

A.R. Penck Z1 (1991)

 

David Hockney

David Hockney 850 CSi (1995)

 

Jenny Holzer

Jenny Holzer V12 LMR (1999)

 

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons M3 GT2 (2010)

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