BMW Media Site BMW to Debut Special BMW M2 Designed by International Contemporary Artist FUTURA 2000 at Frieze Los Angeles. Contact:   Matthew Spadaro BMW of North America, LLC (201) 466-9896  (office) matthew.spadaro@bmwna.com Taryn Owens DKC for BMW of North America, LLC (310) 341-2864  (office) taryn.owens@dkcnews.com BMW to Debut Special BMW M2 Designed by International Contemporary Artist FUTURA 2000 at Frieze Los Angeles. The BMW M2 by FUTURA 2000 will debut on Thursday, February 13 at Paramount Pictures Studios’ Backlot and inspire a special edition production M2 Competition later this year. BMW i and Soho House will also host an Art Talk, “Sights and Sounds,” exploring the intersection of art and mobility, featuring FUTURA 2000 and Grammy award-winning recording artist Lupe Fiasco, and provide VIP courtesy transportation at the fair. Los Angeles, California– February 12, 2020… BMW returns to Frieze Angeles on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 with a multifaceted program featuring a world premiere vehicle designed by international contemporary artist FUTURA 2000. BMW will also present an Art Talk with FUTURA 2000 and Grammy award-winning recording artist Lupe Fiasco, exploring the intersection of art and mobility. BMW’s presence at Frieze Angeles is part of the company’s continuing global partnership with Frieze and decades-long commitment to culture and the arts.FUTURA 2000 has partnered with BMW’s legendary M division to express his unique artistic vision via the BMW M2, hand-painting three special examples at BMW world headquarters in Munich. Futura, born Leonard Hilton McGurr, established himself as a pioneer when graffiti met the formal gallery ecosystem in the 1980s. He quickly became known for his radical approach on the street, introducing abstraction to an entirely letter-based discipline, and became part of a wider art movement that included the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Dondi White. The BMW M2 by FUTURA 2000 will make its world premiere atFrieze Los Angeles on Thursday, February 13 at 2:30 PM at Paramount Pictures Studios’ Backlot, and inspire a special edition production version to go on sale later this year.Art Talk – “Sights and Sounds”BMW i and Soho House will continue their partnership and present an inspiring Art Talk titled “Sights and Sounds” on Wednesday, February 12 at Soho Warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. Grammy-award winning recording artist Lupe Fiasco joins FUTURA 2000 to explore the intersection of art and mobility.About BMW Group Cultural EngagementFor almost 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated and engaged in over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company places the main focus of its long-term commitment on contemporary and modern art, classical music and jazz as well as architecture and design. In 1972, three large-scale paintings were created by the artist Gerhard Richter specifically for the foyer of the BMW Group’s Munich headquarters. Since then, artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Daniel Barenboim, Jonas Kaufmann and architect Zaha Hadid have co-operated with BMW in a number of ways, including the legendary Art Car series, gallery partnerships, musical events and more. BMW Group affords partnering artists absolute creative freedom in all its cultural activities.Further information:www.bmwgroup.com/culture and www.bmwgroup.com/culture/overview  BMW Group in the United States.BMW of North America, LLC was established 50 years ago to support the sales, marketing and distribution of BMW automobiles in the U.S. BMW Motorrad was brought into the fold in 1980. In 1993 BMW Group Financial Services NA, LLC was founded, and one year later BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC began assembling vehicles in South Carolina. In 2002 and 2003, BMW Group established MINI USA, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC relaunching two iconic brands and rounding out its product portfolio.Today, the BMW Group has a nationwide corporate footprint in the U.S. which consists of nearly 30 locations in 12 different states. Beyond the National Sales Company and Financial Services headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, its manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and numerous other operational facilities, BMW Group in the U.S. also includes Designworks, a strategic design consultancy in Santa Monica, CA, BMW Group Technology Office USA, a technology research and development center in Silicon Valley, and BMW i Ventures, a venture capital fund, also in Silicon Valley.BMW Group Plant Spartanburg is the largest single BMW production facility in the world, and the global center of competence for BMW Sports Activity Vehicles including the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM. The plant assembles more than 1,500 vehicles each day, and up to 450,000 annually. Since 1994, Plant Spartanburg has assembled nearly 7 million BMW vehicles in the U.S.The BMW Group sales organization in the U.S. is represented through a network of 350 BMW retailers, 144 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car dealers, and 38 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. The company’s activities provide and support over 120,000 jobs across the U.S. and contribute more than 43.3 billion to the U.S. economy annually.Journalist note: Information about BMW Group and its products in the USA is available to journalists on-line at www.bmwusanews.com www.miniusanews.com and www.press.bmwna.com