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Win a Copy of New Book on BMW Art Cars

Two copies of first-ever volume tracing the history of artist-designed BMW racecars will be given away.

August 20, 2014

Update, August 27, 2014: This giveaway is now closed. The winners are Tomáš Kuchař and Robertson Laurel. Watch “Design Books to Win” for our newest giveaway.

Fans of racecar design and unusual and striking art have a chance to win one of two copies of the recently released BMW Art Cars, edited by Thomas Girst and published by Hatje Cantz. The book, with a cover designed by artist Jeff Koons and slipcased, features BMW racecars designed by 17 modern and contemporary artists from Alexander Calder and Andy Warhol to Jenny Holzer and Jeff Koons.

The drawing for BMW Art Cars, courtesy of Hatje Cantz, starts today, August 20, 2014, and ends Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at 11:59 PM (EST).

Alexander Calder’s BMW 3.0 CSI at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1975. Photo: © BMW Group Archive. From BMW Art Cars, 2014 (Hatje Cantz)

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From the Publisher. Alexander Calder’s BMW 3.0 CSL from 1975 was the first in a series of BMW Art Cars brought to life by Hervé Poulain, art lover and auto racing enthusiast, in collaboration with BMW’s Jochen Neerpasch. This volume features the 17 artists who have put their unique stamp on BMWs since the Art Cars program began almost 40 years ago, including Sandro Chia, Olafur Eliasson, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, A.R. Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.

Cover and slipcase, designed by Jeff Koons, for BMW Art Cars, edited by Thomas Girst, with texts by Domingo Rivero Arencibia, Iria Candela, Thomas Girst, Silke Hohmann, Eva Karcher, Claudia Lanfranconi, Ulrich Lehmann, Jürgen Lewandowski, Carl Gustav Magnusson, Fumio Nanjo, Antonia Niederländer, Phil Patton, Peter Robinson, Antonia Ruder, Lowery Sims. 2014 (U.S.), (Hatje Cantz). 9.6 x 11 inches, hardcover, 192 pages, 160 illustrations

Read our interview with Thomas Girst about BMW Art Cars.

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