Figuratively speaking, if society had a spine, it would be culture. As a species, standing upright is central to our evolution and being – just ask homo erectus. Similarly, culture is fundamental to society, expressing its dreams, wishes, nightmares, desires and fantasies, as well as allowing people to pose ideas and criticisms in open-ended ways. What’s more, the arts guide us through the dark like a glimpse of light at the end of a tunnel. Hence, after 50 glorious years of vehicle design, BMW is celebrating its golden anniversary by demonstrating its devotion to culture. Thus, with the German car giant’s continuous support, the future keeps getting brighter – or in the words of Alexander Kruge, cited by Chris Dercon, the president of the Musées Nationaux, “Utopia gets even better, the longer we wait for it.” @BMWGroupCulture.