In 2012, British painter David Hockney famously released a statement ahead of the opening of his upcoming exhibition at the Royal Academy. It read: "All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally". The comment was widely considered to be a contraversial dig at contemporary artist Damien Hirst, in the wake of the revelation that his money-spinning 'spot' paintings were entirely produced by a team of assistants.
Needless to say, the all-important master…
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