Editing BMW (section)

=== Visual arts ===
BMW sponsors a number of awards in the visual arts. These include the BMW Art Journey award, which honors a young or mid-career artist in collaboration with [[Art Basel]], and the BMW Painting Award, which was created to promote painting in Spain by finding new talent and showcasing their work.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=21 May 2021 |title=The Short List Is in for the 2021 Edition of the BMW Art Journey Initiative. And the Nominees Are... |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bmw-art-journey-2021-short-list-1970462 |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The BMW Painting Award |url=https://cultura.acciona.com/projects/the-bmw-painting-award |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Acciona Cultura}}</ref>

BMW was the principal sponsor of the 1998 ''[[The Art of the Motorcycle]]'' exhibition at various [[List of Guggenheim Museums|Guggenheim museums]], though the financial relationship between BMW and the Guggenheim Foundation was criticised in many quarters.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=21 April 2001 |title=When merchants enter the temple; Marketing museums |url=http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/visualarts/museums/Economist-MuseumMarketing-Guggenheim-04-19-01.html |magazine=[[The Economist]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527132415/http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/visualarts/museums/Economist-MuseumMarketing-Guggenheim-04-19-01.html |archive-date=27 May 2010 |access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vogel |first=Carol |date=3 August 1998 |title=Latest Biker Hangout? Guggenheim Ramp |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=A1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/03/arts/latest-biker-hangout-guggenheim-ramp.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221173720/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/03/arts/latest-biker-hangout-guggenheim-ramp.html |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, BMW began sponsoring [[Independent Collectors]] production of the ''BMW Art Guide'', which is the first global guide to private and publicly accessible collections of contemporary art worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmw-art-guide.com/about-the-guide|title=About the Guide – "I don't think anybody has been to all these places."|website=www.bmw-art-guide.com|language=en|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062721/https://www.bmw-art-guide.com/about-the-guide|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth edition, released in 2016, features 256 collections from 43 countries.<ref name="Borowik Collection">{{Cite web |title=HYPERALLERGIC: The Fourth BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors |date=13 December 2016 |url=http://hyperallergic.com/343491/the-fourth-bmw-art-guide-by-independent-collectors/ |access-date=30 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630113622/https://hyperallergic.com/343491/the-fourth-bmw-art-guide-by-independent-collectors/ |archive-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>