> Lots of contemporary artists have assistants that do the actual painting, scul...

627467 · 2025-03-18T23:50:43 1742341843

> There are nearly 1,400 of Damien Hirst's "spot" paintings in existence.

> The artist has only painted around 25 of them himself.

iamacyborg · 2025-03-19T19:18:24 1742411904

You might be shocked to discover that this has been a thing for hundreds of years.

samlinnfer · 2025-03-19T02:57:00 1742353020

All the classic masters have workshops, where they have students or assistants that complete a rough cut of their work and they finish it.