From the ateliers of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars comes one of the marque’s most visually expressive collaborations to date: the Black Badge Cullinan by acclaimed contemporary artist Cyril Kongo. Conceived through the brand’s Private Offices in New York, Seoul, and at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, the project reimagines the ultra-luxury SUV as a moving work of contemporary art.
Created as a series of five highly exclusive Private Commissions, each motor car features a distinct hand-painted interior by Kongo, applied directly to the veneer and leather surfaces by the artist himself. While all five commissions share the same overarching creative vision, every Cullinan emerges with its own singular interpretation — a reflection of the individuality at the core of both the artist’s practice and the Rolls-Royce Bespoke philosophy.
The choice of the Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan as the foundation for the collaboration feels deliberate. As the darker, more subversive alter ego within the Rolls-Royce universe, Black Badge embodies a bolder, more rebellious energy — a natural counterpart to Kongo’s layered visual language rooted in graffiti, abstraction, and street culture.
Across the Starlight Headliner, fascia, rear Waterfall section, and picnic tables, Kongo introduces what he describes as “The Kongoverse,” an immersive visual world shaped by imagination, instinct, and individuality. The result feels less like automotive decoration and more like inhabitable contemporary art — a dialogue between precision engineering and spontaneous creative expression.
“What made this collaboration so special was the constant conversation between my universe and Rolls-Royce’s,” said Cyril Kongo. “Every idea was treated with care and curiosity. I was fully immersed in the brand’s creative studio.”
“To bring this idea to life, we collaborated with Cyril Kongo, whose expressive and uncompromising style resonated perfectly with the spirit of Black Badge,” said Dukec. “What followed was an unprecedented collaboration, with Kongo working alongside our Bespoke Collective of designers, craftspeople, and engineers to create five extraordinary motor cars — each a unique work of art in its own right.”
Rather than treating luxury as restraint, the Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo embraces emotion, theatricality, and artistic excess. It is Rolls-Royce at its most experimental — where craftsmanship, contemporary culture, and personal expression converge into something unapologetically singular.
