Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presents Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo; five exuberant Private Commissions featuring interior surfaces individually hand-painted by world-renowned multi-disciplinary artist, Cyril Kongo. All five motor cars share the same creative theme, but each features a unique expression of Kongo’s work. This project has been curated through the marque’s Private Offices in New York, Seoul, and the original Private Office at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood.
- Rolls-Royce presents Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo: a collaborative project featuring hand-painted artworks by acclaimed modern artist
- Artworks on Starlight Headliner and woodset inspired by vibrant ‘Kongoverse’
- Debuts first-ever Rolls-Royce Gradient Coachline with subtle colour transitions
- Kongo ‘tag’ motif adorns umbrellas, Illuminated Treadplates, exterior and interior
- Unprecedented collaboration: Kongo worked at the Home of Rolls-Royce with marque’s artisans
- Five Private Commissions curated through Rolls-Royce Private Offices in New York, Seoul and Goodwood
“At Rolls-Royce, creativity and imagination are the forces that define our brand, shaping motor cars that are as individual as their owners. Our Private Offices, where clients co-create the most complex Bespoke commissions, directly reflect this belief. It was from conversations within these spaces that we identified a desire for bold contemporary art among a uniquely daring group of Rolls-Royce collectors. To bring this idea to life, we collaborated with Cyril Kongo, whose expressive, uncompromising style resonated perfectly with the spirit of Black Badge. What followed was an unprecedented collaboration, with Kongo working with and among our Bespoke Collective of designers, craftspeople and engineers to bring these extraordinary motor cars to life. Each of these five Black Badge Cullinan Private Commissions is a unique work of art in its own right, and represents the complete fusion of two unmistakable creative worlds.”
Domagoj Dukec, Director of Design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
“When I first saw Black Badge Cullinan, I felt compelled to create my own interpretation of the universe it belonged to – what I call ‘The Kongoverse’. It is a place of fantasy, mathematical formulas, symbols, pyramids, atoms and imagined planets. Rolls-Royce welcomed these ideas and gave them form – that’s what made it special. It was a conversation, using my visual language and Rolls-Royce’s way of making, with the motor car itself as the canvas. To bring that to life in collaboration with the brand’s artisans has been an extraordinary experience.”
Cyril Kongo, Artist
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Origins and Inspirations: Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo
Born in Toulouse in 1969, Kongo began his career as a graffiti artist in Paris. Today, working
across multiple media, he is internationally recognised for his dramatic compositions and vivid
use of colour, which channel the raw energy of street art.
Kongo’s work resonates with a new generation of influential collectors, who have
commissioned him to apply his unmistakable style to some of the rarest and most desirable
objects in the world – from haute horlogerie timepieces to pinnacle audio systems and even
aircraft. His collaborations and clientele reflect a growing recognition of contemporary street
art’s currency and its crossover into the world of fine art and investment.
Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo sits firmly within this wider movement. Street art and
adjacent ephemera now appear in major auction houses, with works attracting values
comparable to those of blue-chip pieces. In both aesthetic and spirit, this collaboration is at
the intersection of contemporary culture, emerging investment categories, and the creative
exchange between today’s most compelling artists and the world’s great luxury houses.
BLACK BADGE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Rolls-Royce Black Badge Cullinan by Cyril Kongo is one of several projects unveiled in 2026
to mark 10 years of the Black Badge family. First introduced with Black Badge Ghost in 2016,
this subversive alter-ego of the brand was created for clients seeking a Rolls-Royce that
matched their own bold, uncompromising spirit.
Today, Ghost, Cullinan and Spectre are all offered with this rebellious Black Badge treatment,
defined by potent powertrains, focused driving dynamics and distinctive Bespoke elements.
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