DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
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D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane BMW'S ROLLING WORKS OF ART Source: BMW & Mehretu Art For 50 years, BMW has been choosing top global artists like Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons to use a BMW as a canvas and create a work of art to showcase innovation, creativity and automobiles This year, an international panel of museum directors and curators unanimously selected world-renowned, Ethiopian-American artist Julie Mehretu, who specializes in highly innovative abstract art, to paint a BMW M Hybrid V8 as BMW's latest Art Car Mehretu is known for big scale, highly intricate abstract landscapes that incorporate images of art, history & current news The plug-in hybrid M, that's all about top speeds of 200 mph, 640 hp, 479 ft-lbs of torque & 8200 rpm, will be competing at the 2024 24 Hour-LeMans