[wruza]

I see nice paintings (not black squares or abstract nonsense) like all the time. Feels like more people can paint at the level of “classics” now. Of course they cannot surpass the deeper meaning of the originals, because they aren’t dead yet and there’s no mystery and legacy around their names. But otherwise they are pretty good at making cool pics.

[boppo1]

Find me 15 painters who have non-digital works at this level of scale/detail:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436482

I suspect you will struggle. The economics for that sort of work don't exist anymore.