Fiat 500 art cars created in Miami at Exhibitalia
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/design-style/" rel="tag">Design/Style</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-art-cars-at-exhibitalia/"><img width="630" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="418" border="1" align="top" alt="Fiat Exhibitalia art **** src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/web630-abm6669.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Fiat 500 Art Basel art cars - click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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We wouldn't have taken something like the Art Basel festival in Miami Beach as a typical showcase for automobiles, but after <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/06/tesla-takes-a-tip-from-bmw-creates-psychedelic-roadster-art-car/">Tesla rolled out its art car</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/09/maybach-turns-patron-of-the-arts-with-julian-schnabel-and-the-lo/">Maybach spearheaded its sculpture initiative</a> there, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat">Fiat</a> became the third automaker to strut its stuff at the festival among the 2,000 artists from around the world.<br />
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Fiat's display took place at the four-day Exhibitalia event, where several renowned artists and two student teams from the University of Miami used its tiny 500 as their "inspiration and canvas" in the creation of their works. Some created pieces inspired by the Cinquecento, some used body panels, and one even used the entire vehicle, transforming it into an art car on par with anything <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw">BMW</a> could throw at it. Check it out in the gallery below and the press release after the jump.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-art-cars-at-exhibitalia/">Fiat 500 art cars at Exhibitalia</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-art-cars-at-exhibitalia/#3688170"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/abm6669_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-art-cars-at-exhibitalia/#3688168"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/abm6825_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fiat-500-art-cars-at-exhibitalia/#3688169"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/abm6819_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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