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BCE IN THE NEWS

 

Since 2017 the Brick Classicists Empire has been featured and interviewed in news media, national radio, blogs, podcasts, and in print news & magazines across the world including BBC News (UK), ABC Radio (Australia), Antike Welt (Germany), Harvard University Press (USA), Il Mattino (Italy) The Greek Herald (Australia), Greek Reporter (Greece) and Blocks Magazine (UK).

The Greek Herald | Online

CEO of Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum becomes a Lego figure

21/02/2023

Sarah Craig, the CEO and Head of Curation at the Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, Victoria, has been turned into a Lego figure for International Lego Classicism Day. The figure was created by Australian ‘Lego Classicist,’ Pop-Artist and Historical Archivist, Liam D. Jensen...

The Greek Herald | Online

Australian pop-artist immortalises Greek Revolution heroines in LEGO

By Andriana Simos, 24/03/2022

This year though, Liam says he wanted to make his Greek Revolution collection more ‘equal and inclusive’ and so decided to immortalise three Greek heroines in LEGO as well. They are: Greek naval commander Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek patriot and commander Manto Mavrogenous, and the lesser-known ‘Bouboulina of Thrace’ Domna Visvizi...

Prof. Michael Scott's Blog | Online

SEEING YOURSELF IN LEGO

By Prof. Michael Scott, 2019

Lego Classicist has worked tirelessly since 2016 to celebrate the work of Classicists across the world by turning them into Lego figures, which are presented as a gift to the person represented. My Lego figure sits happily on my shelf in my office at Warwick University...

The Australasian Society for Classical Studies | Newsletter

Other items of interest to ASCS members

07/2020

In February the Department had a visit from Liam Jensen, the founder of Lego Classicists, to celebrate the 2020 International Lego Classicism Day and introduce to the world the new Lego figure of Prof. Baltussen...

Greek Reporter

LEGO Celebrates Greek Bicentennial With Historical Figures

By Patricia Claus, 25/03/2021

To celebrate the Greek Bicentennial of its 1821 Revolution, Liam Jensen, the “Lego Classicist,” created “Lego portraits” of three major figures from the revolution — Theodoros Kolokotronis, Alexandros Mavrokordatos and Lord Byron...

Il Mattino | Online

POMPEI, IL DIRETTORE OSANNA DIVENTA UN OMINO DELLA LEGO

By Antonio Cangiano, 11/10/2017

Si arricchisce di un nuovo personaggio il plastico degli scavi di Pompei in mattoncini LEGO del Nicholson Museum di Sydney. Raffigurato tra giovani archeologi intenti a riportare alla luce antiche abitazioni e calchi umani, c’è anche l’attuale direttore generale dell’area archeologica degli scavi di Pompei, il professore Massimo Osanna...

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The Brick Classicists Empire (BCE) portraits are designed and constructed on Gadigal Land, on which the city of Sydney now stands. We respect and honour the traditional owners and their Elders past, present and future.

 

Copyright

 

The Brick Classicists Empire (BCE) is a non-profit, artistic and educational project of pop-art portraits of classicists made with LEGO® parts by Liam D. Jensen. LEGO® is the property of the LEGO® Group, Denmark which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site.

 

The term “LEGO” is used herein as a description only, for example “International LEGO Classicism Day”, “LEGO Classics Pantheon” and “LEGO Classics” should not to be mistaken for official company names. All photos are the copyright of Liam D. Jensen unless otherwise stated and may not be used without the artist’s written permission and full accreditation.

 

The Brick Classicists Empire (BCE) motto “To Do History is to Play” and its classical Greek translation "ἱστορεῖν παίζειν” is the copyright of Liam D. Jensen and Prof. John Bennet. All rights reserved.

 

The Brick Classicists Empire (BCE) website is copyright of Liam. D. Jensen, 2021-2024.

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