Mystery Solved: 1365 Damien Hirst Spot Paintings

Wednesday, 12 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The New York Times says the answer has finally been revealed to one of the art world’s most enduring questions: How many Damien Hirst spot paintings are there? The artist first starting making his iconic spot paintings in the mid 1990s. Hirst says he made the first few dozen, and then left it up to his assistants to fill in the spots, which means no one is quite sure how many spot paintings actually exist. Until now. Hirst cooperated with a London publisher on a book that will reveal there are exactly 1,365 spot paintings.

SOURCE: New York Times