Art.all(:order => "created_at desc", :limit => 10, :group => "user_id")

Art Load (18.4ms)  SELECT "arts".* FROM "arts" GROUP BY user_id ORDER BY created_at desc LIMIT 10
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PGError: ERROR:  column "arts.id" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function
LINE 1: SELECT  "arts".* FROM "arts"  GROUP BY user_id ORDER BY crea...

a  | b
---|---
1  | 1
1  | 2
2  | 3

arts = Art.all(:order => "created_at desc", :limit => 10)
 grouped_arts = arts.group_by {|art| art.user_id}
 # now you have a hash with following structure in grouped_arts
 # {
 #    user_id1 => [art1, art4],
 #    user_id2 => [art3],
 #    user_id3 => [art5],
 #    ....
 # }

SELECT arts.* FROM arts
WHERE (arts.user_id, arts.created_at) IN
  (SELECT user_id, MAX(created_at) FROM arts
     GROUP BY user_id
     ORDER BY MAX(created_at) DESC
     LIMIT 10)
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 10

Art.where("(arts.user_id, arts.created_at) IN
             (SELECT user_id, MAX(created_at) FROM arts
                GROUP BY user_id
                ORDER BY MAX(created_at) DESC
                LIMIT 10)").
    order("created_at DESC").
    page(params[:page]).
    per(params[:per])