BMW Art Journey

SEE THE UNSEEN.
AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY MADE POSSIBLE.

Launched in 2015, the BMW Art Journey is a collaboration between Art Basel and BMW, created to recognize and support emerging artists worldwide. This initiative can take an artist almost anywhere in the world – to research, to network, to envision and to create new work. Since 2020, the circle of eligible artists has been broadened. It includes emerging and mid-career artists originally participating at Art Basel in Hong Kong represented not only by galleries in the Discoveries sector, but also by galleries that were founded no more than ten years ago. A judging panel comprised of internationally renowned experts meets first to select a shortlist of three artists from the sector, who are then invited to submit proposals for a journey aimed to further develop their ideas and artistic work. The jury reconvenes to choose a winner from the three proposals.

Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world‘s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel’s engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through a number of new initiatives such as The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report and Art Basel Cities. For further information, please visit ARTBASEL.COM.

For more than 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated and engaged in over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company places the main focus of its long-term commitment on modern and contemporary art, classical music, jazz and sound as well as architecture and design.

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Best-of Press Images

  • Julien Creuzet, BMW Art Journey winner 2021, “blue green sea bruise on the horizon” at Paris+ par Art Basel, BMW Partner Lounge, October 2022. Photo: Guillaume Brunet. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Julien Creuzet, production of his artwork “blue green sea bruise on the horizon” at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing (Germany), 2022. Photo: Daniel Nguyen. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Julien Creuzet, production of his artwork “blue green sea bruise on the horizon” at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing (Germany), 2022. Photo: Daniel Nguyen. © BMW AG
  • Julien Creuzet, BMW Art Journey winner, represented by High Art, Paris. © The artist and High Art, Paris
  • Leelee Chan, “Circuit (New Moon)”, found plastic pallet, copper plate gifted by Filipino D’Aloise, gold sheen obsidian, bronze powder, stainless steel mirror, metal hardware, 2021. Photo: South Ho. © The artist and Capsule Shanghai
  • BMW Art Journey: Leelee Chan, Mayer of Munich (Germany), 2020. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Leelee Chan, bell foundry Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli, Agnone (Italy), 2020. © Leelee Chan
  • BMW Art Journey: Lu Yang, (f.l.t.r.) Kebyar Duduk dancer I Wayan Purwanto and Rangda dancer Made Sukadana, Bali (Indonesia), 2020. © Lu Yang
  • BMW Art Journey: Lu Yang, Tokyo Dancer kEnkEn, Bali (Indonesia), 2020. © Lu Yang
  • Art Basel in Hong Kong: Lu Yang, Société Berlin, 2019. © Art Basel
  • Jamal Cyrus, speaking with Skidmore College students about his work "Untitled (Threads)" in the exhibition "Other Side: Art, Object, Self", Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College (USA), 2017. © Tang Teaching Museum
  • BMW Art Journey: Abigail Reynolds, starting her journey along the silk road in her hometown Cornwall (UK). © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Astha Butail, the artist near the mosque with books from her latest art project (Iran), 2017. © Astha Butail
  • BMW Art Journey: Astha Butail, the artist working with four Ghanapatis at the Palar river, Chengelpet (South India), 2018. © Astha Butail
  • BMW Art Journey: Abigail Reynolds, recording her travels using 16mm film and a Bolex camera. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Samson Young, Medina of Fez (Morocco), 2015. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Samson Young, Church Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (Département Cantal, France), 2015. © BMW AG
  • BMW Art Journey: Zac Langdon-Pole, over 4,000 m above sea level, Mauna-Kea-Observatories, Hawaii (USA), 2019. © Zac Langdon-Pole
  • Zac Langdon-Pole, "Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands 31.01.2019", sand photogram (1000% enlarged), made with sand from Majuro atoll (Marshall Islands), 3030 x 4000 mm, print: Hahnemühle FineArt, 2019. © Zac Langdon-Pole and Michael Lett
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Press material – BMW Art Journey

Videos and Clips

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    BMW Art Journey: Best of.
  • BMW Art Journey: Trailer.
  • BMW Art Journey: Lu Yang & Facegood behind the scenes.
  • BMW Art Journey: Zac Langdon-Pole.
  • BMW Art Journey: Jamal Cyrus.
  • BMW Art Journey: Astha Butail.
  • BMW Art Journey: Max Hooper Schneider.
  • BMW Art Journey: Abigail Reynolds.
  • BMW Art Journey: Interview with Abigail Reynolds.
  • BMW Art Journey: Abigail Reynolds, trailer.
  • BMW Art Journey: Samson Young [long version].
  • BMW Art Journey: Samson Young [short version].
  • BMW Art Journey: Samson Young, "So You Are Old by the Time You Reach the Island“, site-specific multimedia walk incorporating research and recordings from his journey.
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