One-of-a-kind Porsche Taycan Artcar
The mobile work of art featuring Porsche’s first all-electric sports car was created in Zurich and sold at a worldwide online auction from April 6 to 13. Richard Phillips, an internationally acclaimed American artist, crafted the design for the one-of-a-kind Porsche Taycan Artcar with the help of application specialists from SIGNal Design. The lot also included an exclusive individual tour of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, the birthplace of the Porsche Taycan, with Porsche AG’s head of the Taycan model line. The Artcar itself was furnished with additional features by Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur: “Queen of the Night” is inscribed on its door sill panels, and projectors illuminate the underfloor with Phillips’ signature when the doors are opened.
“In addition to the donation itself, I am delighted with how this auction has attracted international interest in the important work of Suisseculture Sociale,” said Michael Glinski, CEO of Porsche Schweiz AG. “The proceeds will benefit people in Switzerland who are currently in great need of assistance. I would like to thank everyone who submitted a bid, and congratulate above all the highest bidder.”
Support for creative artists
In the words of Nicole Pfister Fetz, President of Suisseculture Sociale, “The COVID-19 crisis is still with us and culture remains one of the areas most affected. It will probably be a long time before cultural creatives can return to anything like normal conditions. Assistance from the private sector is therefore of great significance. I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Porsche for its generous support.”
The Suisseculture Sociale organization supports all professional and full-time artists in every artistic field who live in Switzerland or hold Swiss citizenship. Suisseculture Sociale was founded twenty years ago to support creative artists and is independent of public funding. During the pandemic it was tasked by the Swiss Confederation with distributing emergency government aid to the cultural sector. Proceeds from the auction of the Taycan Artcar are intended for hardship cases that have not been covered by these measures.
