Looking back at Art Basel, BMW celebrated hydrogen mobility and 50 years of BMW Art Cars in 2025 🚘🎨
To connect the
#ArtCar legacy with the present, Hans Ulrich Obrist and BMW invited renowned artist Alvaro Barrington to transform the BMW iX5 Hydrogen fleet into a series of mobile artworks driving through Basel. Barrington layered his collage-inspired visuals onto the cars, and in collaboration with Obrist, the project brought Barrington’s dynamic approach to storytelling into motion.
Images:
1. Handwritten note from Alvaro Barrington:
The physical world
Artist
Life
LOVE(RS)
must now compete
w/ the
sofa
2&3. Alvaro Barrington & the BMW iX5 Hydrogen fleet during artbasel, photo by jkonradschmidt
4. alvarobarrington designing the miniature model for the BMW iX5 Hydrogen, photo by artdrunk
5&6. alvarobarrington and hansulrichobrist at BMW’s dinner with thecultivist, photos by bfa
artpartner
#AlvaroBarrington #HansUlrichObrist #BMWGroupCulture #handwritten #artpartner