race car is the latest in the automaker's series of art cars—and it won't be confined to a gallery or museum. It will race at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, scheduled for the weekend starting June 15.
"I thought, what would happen if this car seemed to go through the painting and becomes affected by it," Mehretu said in a statement."The idea was to remix, a mash-up of the painting." Mehretu also went to the Rolex 24 at Daytona to see similar cars race, calling the experience"overwhelming" and declaring that her BMW art car won't be truly finished until it's had its turn at Le Mans.
since 1975. The tradition started when French racing driver Hervé Poulain and BMW Motorsport boss Jochen Neerpasch commissioned artist Alexander Calder to paint the livery of a 3.0 CSL Poulain was slated to drive at Le Mans.