ALISON BOSHOFF: Inside Johnny Depp's secret life as a boho artist in Soho By Alison Boshoff for the Daily Mail Published: 20:31 EDT, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 20:37 EDT, 4 July 2024 e-mail View comments Home is where the art is for Johnny Depp . It can be revealed that the movie star, who has been in the UK for the past six months, has been renting both a townhouse and an art studio in London 's West End and is now throwing himself into his sideline as an artist. The studio, which is in the heart of Soho, seems to be inspiring the 61-year-old actor to unleash another side of his creative nature.
Depp stepped out for dinner at the weekend at Cipriani in Mayfair, smoking a cigarillo and sporting shoes with what looks to be a custom paint job, indicating his current passion for art. The Pirates Of The Caribbean star has painted for years, but his first foray into the world of commercial art came in 2022, when he raised £3 million in a few hours by selling prints from his debut art collection. The prints featured four people who inspired him — Rolling Stone Keith Richards , actress Liz Taylor, actor Al Pacino and singer Bob Dylan — and were embellished with 'characteristic freehand flourishes'.
Johnny Depp has been in the UK for the past six months renting both a townhouse and an art studio in London's West End The actor hasn't abandoned the day job. He has been busy editing the movie Modi, about the artist Modigliani — a passion project of his The website of his gallery, Cas.
