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Ernesto builds Ed Sheeran in Lego

12 January - 2022

Ernesto builds Ed Sheeran in Lego Artist Ernesto Lemke had two afternoons to recreate the portrait of Ed Sheeran (from the Icons exhibition) using his Lego blocks at the Fries Museum. He made significant progress. GITTE BRUGMAN The intention was for...

Lego artist portrays Ed Sheeran live at Fries Museum

8 January - 2022

As part of the large exhibition Icons at the Fries Museum, Ernesto Lemke would work for two days in public on a Lego portrait of Ed Sheeran. Now he is doing it in silence. The museum is deserted. There are not even any people in the office. Two...

Ernesto Lemke wins TV show with Brickpainting

1 November - 2021

Ernesto Lemke 'paints' with Lego and calls that technique Brickpainting. With his portrait of Lubach, he recently won the TV show Stars on Canvas. All channels were immediately ablaze. Major museums shared Lemke's Brickpainting on their social...

Arjen Lubach chooses in Stars on the Canvas for 'his' portrait in Lego bricks.

27 October - 2021

In the first episode of the new season Stars on the Canvas, Ernesto portrayed BN’er Arjen Lubach. In Lego bricks. The comedian and program maker chose that artwork at the end of the episode. Tonight was the premiere of the new season Stars on the...

Interview Ernesto Lemke - Brickpainting: painting with Lego

25 October - 2021

Participating in the TV show Lego Masters actually started as a joke. Ernesto Lemke, artist and art teacher, watched it at home and so did a colleague. They texted each other their comments, one of them texted shall we sign up too, and the other...