THE BMW ART CAR WORLD TOUR KICKS OFF IN KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia is the first station for the international museum exhibiton about
"rolling sculptures".

Munich / Kuala Lumpur. On September 14, 2006, the unique BMW Art Car Collection
will start its world tour through international museums worldwide. BMW cars
designed by artists like Frank Stella (1976), Roy Lichtenstein (1977), Andy
Warhol (1979), und Ken Done (1989) will be presented in the Gallery Petronas in
Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia from September 14 until October 22, 2006.

Afterwards the "rolling sculptures" will travel to Singapore, to the
Philippines in the Ayala Museum of Manila and the Artsonje Museum in Seoul,
Korea. The travel will continue to the Art Gallery New South Wales in Sydney,
Australia and the Te Papa Museum Auckland of New Zealand, before India's
capital Delhi will firstly be the last stop for Done, Lichtenstein, Stella and
Warhol.

In a parallel tour the BMW Art Cars of Alexander Calder (1975), Matazo Kayama
(1990), David Hockney (1995), and Jenny Holzer (1999) will be exhibited
throughout Taiwan, China, Russia and Africa. Stops are the National Taiwan
Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai,
the Long March Space in Beijing, the La Villa des Arts in Casablanca as well as
the Central Exhibition Hall Manege in Moscow.

Subsequent to these tours through Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, the
Philippines, Korea, China, Africa, Russia and India the treasures of the BMW
Art Car Collection will be exhibited between 2007 and 2010 in museums in Turkey
and the US before they return to Europe. France, Spain and Portugal have
started close cooperations with museums.
The BMW Art Car Collection

Since 1975, outstanding artists from all over the world have been designing the
BMW automobiles of their era. The 15 exhibits which have thus far been
presented in the BMW Art Car Collection include works by well-known artists
such as Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, A.R. Penck, David Hockney
and Jenny Holzer. The Art Cars reflect the developments in art history with
regard to fine art, design and technology and are displayed worldwide in major
museums such as the Paris Louvre, the Royal Academy in London, the New York
Whitney Museum of Modern Art, Venice's Palazzo Grassi, Sydney's Powerhouse
Museum and the Guggenheim Museums of New York and Bilbao. In the future, too,
Art Cars will document the fascinating link between art and technology in
international exhibitions.

For questions please contact:
Corporate Communications

Vijayaratnam Tharumartnam, Press & Corporate Affairs Manager, Malaysia
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Telephone: +49 89 382-24753, Fax: +49 89 382-28017

Michael Kirsch, Head of Public Relations
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