The bmw art car project was conceived by french racing driver and auctioneer herve poulain who commissioned alexander calder to paint the car that poulain would later drive in the 1975 24 hours of le mans race other contributing artists include andy warhol david hockney and jeff koons this is original art inspired by the bmw group it is unofficial and in no way associated with bmw bmw mini and rolls royce and related marks are registered trademarks of bmw agkids t shirt design reads