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Painting With Bricks
Courtesy of Lego
You can now re-create one of the most celebrated paintings in history—Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night—using LEGO® bricks! The toy company partnered with the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to create the unique LEGO kit. The museum houses the original painting, created in 1889.
The 2,316-piece set was based on a design by LEGO fan Truman Cheng. He submitted it through the Lego Ideas program, where it earned enough votes to get turned into a real set. Cheng’s other brick designs have included Dracula’s castle and scenes from movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The Starry Night painting is 36 inches wide. That’s equal to 3 times n, the LEGO version’s width. Write and solve an equation to find n. Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.