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Line 446: == Involvement in the arts == ~~=== Art Cars ===~~ {{main\|BMW Art Car}}▼ In 1975, sculptor [[Alexander Calder]] was commissioned to paint the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car driven by [[Hervé Poulain]] at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which became the first in the series of BMW Art Cars. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including [[David Hockney]], [[Jenny Holzer]], [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]], [[Frank Stella]], and [[Andy Warhol]].<ref name="Patton2009">{{Cite news \|last=Patton \|first=Phil \|date=12 March 2009 \|title=These Canvases Need Oil and a Good Driver \|periodical=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html \|page=AU1 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032117/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html \|archive-date=29 March 2017 }}</ref> To date, a total of 19 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created.▼ <gallery mode="packed" heights="120" style="text-align:left">▼ File:Calder CSL.jpg\|1975 [[BMW 3.0 CSL\|3.0 CSL]] Art Car by Alexander Calder▼ File:BMW M1.jpg\|1979 [[BMW M1\|M1]] Art Car by Andy Warhol▼ </gallery>▼ === Architecture === Line 467 ⟶ 459: </gallery> === ~~Film~~Art Cars === ▲{{main\|BMW Art Car}} In 2001 and 2002, BMW produced a series of eight short films called ''[[The Hire]]'', which had plots based around BMW models being driven to extremes by [[Clive Owen]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.bmwfilms.com\|title=BMW Films \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625032109/http://bmwfilms.com/ \|archive-date=25 June 2007 }}</ref> The directors for The Hire included [[Guy Ritchie]], [[John Woo]], [[John Frankenheimer]] and [[Ang Lee]]. In 2016, a ninth film in the series was released. ▲In 1975, sculptor [[Alexander Calder]] was commissioned to paint the BMW 3.0 CSL racing car driven by [[Hervé Poulain]] at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which became the first in the series of BMW Art Cars. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including [[David Hockney]], [[Jenny Holzer]], [[Roy Lichtenstein]], [[Robert Rauschenberg]], [[Frank Stella]], and [[Andy Warhol]].<ref name="Patton2009">{{Cite news \|last=Patton \|first=Phil \|date=12 March 2009 \|title=These Canvases Need Oil and a Good Driver \|periodical=[[The New York Times]] \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html \|page=AU1 \|url-status = live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032117/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/automobiles/collectibles/15artcars.html \|archive-date=29 March 2017 }}</ref> To date, a total of 19 BMW Art Cars, based on both racing and regular production vehicles, have been created. ▲<gallery mode="packed" heights="120" style="text-align:left"> The 2006 "BMW Performance Series" was a marketing event geared to attract black car buyers. It consisted of seven concerts by jazz musician Mike Phillips, and screenings of films by black filmmakers.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Performance of a Different Kind: BMW arts series aims at black consumers \|date=10 August 2006 \|website=www.autoweek.com \|url=https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/performance-different-kind-bmw-arts-series-aims-black-consumers \|access-date=30 June 2019 \|url-status=live \|archive-date=30 June 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630113621/https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/performance-different-kind-bmw-arts-series-aims-black-consumers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|title=BMW arts series aims at black consumers \|periodical=Automotive News \|volume=80 \|issue=6215 \|date=7 August 2006 \|page=37}}</ref> ▲File:Calder CSL.jpg\|1975 [[BMW 3.0 CSL\|3.0 CSL]] Art Car by Alexander Calder ▲File:BMW M1.jpg\|1979 [[BMW M1\|M1]] Art Car by Andy Warhol ▲</gallery> === Visual arts ===

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