German Car Companies Continue Love Affair with NYC Art Museums: Volkswagen Partners with MoMA

Meet the Beetle: A 1959 Volkswagen Type 1 Sedan from the architecture and design collection of the Museum of Modern Art, which today announced a partnership with the German car maker.

Not to be outdone by BMW’s globe-trotting collaboration with the Guggenheim, Volkswagen has zoomed into an unprecedented partnership with New York’s Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1. The two-year initiative, announced today, includes the motor vehicle manufacturing giant’s support of an international contemporary art exhibition at PS1 in 2013, the expansion of MoMA’s online course offerings beginning next March (here’s hoping that Russell Flinchum‘s fascinating

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