A New York Artist Takes the Long View of Customizer Culture
Luis Gispert, a Brooklyn-based photographer, juxtaposed car interiors strewn with the logos of couture houses with expansive landscapes.
View ArticleIn Los Angeles, the Avanti as a California Start-Up Story
The coupe, designed by Raymond Loewy for Studebaker, is featured in a new exhibition in Los Angeles.
View ArticleWheelies: The Two-Plus-Two Edition
Lexus said this week that the concept it would bring to the Detroit auto show would be a two-plus-two coupe.
View ArticleRust Is His Palette: The Automotive Art of Bo Lundvang
A Swedish artist creates stencil art in steel, with the silhouette of a car projected against a backdrop of deeply textured rust.
View ArticleIn Brooklyn, a Man of Many Vans
Kevin Cyr has painted portraits and customized die-cast models of the dinged, rusted and graffiti-covered work vans of New York.
View ArticleOn First Anniversary of Tsunami, Looking Back Through a Canny Lens
An exhibition features the photography of Masashi Kawata, who shot two Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars that supported relief efforts after the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan in March...
View ArticleWheelies: The Payload Edition
The would-be importer and distributor of Mahindra & Mahindra pickup trucks lost a legal case in Britain, weakening its chances of selling the compact trucks in the United States.
View ArticleIn Turbocharged Porsches, Artist Richard Phillips Finds a New Muse
Mr. Phillips, whose paintings appear in the collections of MoMA and the Tate Modern, has recently developed a love for performance driving, enabled by his 1992 Porsche 965.
View ArticleSyd Mead: A Hollywood Futurist With Roots in the Car Business
A rare retrospective of the artist's work, touching on themes he explored designing vehicles and settings for "Blade Runner," "Aliens" and "Mission Impossible III," is on view in Manhattan.
View ArticleWith Multimedia Show, Ford Looks to Give Fusion an Edge
Ford's redesigned midsize sedan anchored an ambitious gallery opening in New York.
View ArticleCarhenge: A Bucket-List Destination for Those With Time, and Gas, to Burn
The sculpture in western Nebraska is near no major highways, but that did not prevent a reporter from taking a detour during a recent road trip.
View ArticleThomas Bayrle at the High Line: In 1970, Foretelling the Malaise of Chrysler
A billboard adjacent to the High Line in Chelsea bears the image of a nondescript Chrysler vehicle awash in pentastar logos.
View ArticleDavid Buick, Son of Scotland and Friend of Flint, to Be Honored With Two Statues
Sculptures on both sides of the Atlantic are taking shape to honor the founder of what became the Buick division of General Motors.
View ArticleIn a Crash-Safety Campaign, a Collision of Humanity
Emma Hack, an Australian artist, used 17 human models to simulate the effect of a low-speed impact on a car.
View ArticleRenault Shows Edgy Concept at Milan Furniture Fair
Ross Lovegrove, a British product designer, teamed with Renault to create Twin'Z, a visually compelling electric car.
View ArticleNashville’s Frist Center Shows Off Art Deco Cars
Housed in an Art Deco building that was once Nashville's main post office, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts will be the site of a show of Art Deco cars over the summer.
View ArticleIn Los Angeles, the Avanti as a California Start-Up Story
The coupe, designed by Raymond Loewy for Studebaker, is featured in a new exhibition in Los Angeles.
View ArticleWheelies: The Two-Plus-Two Edition
Lexus said this week that the concept it would bring to the Detroit auto show would be a two-plus-two coupe.
View ArticleRust Is His Palette: The Automotive Art of Bo Lundvang
A Swedish artist creates stencil art in steel, with the silhouette of a car projected against a backdrop of deeply textured rust.
View ArticleIn Brooklyn, a Man of Many Vans
Kevin Cyr has painted portraits and customized die-cast models of the dinged, rusted and graffiti-covered work vans of New York.
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