Johnny Depp has raised round £3m in just some hours by promoting works in his debut artwork assortment.
The Hollywood actor introduced to his 27 million Instagram followers that he was promoting prints from his Friends And Heroes collection by Castle Fine Art gallery in London’s Covent Garden.
The 59-year-old’s work depicts 4 individuals who have impressed him: Rolling Stone Keith Richards, actor Al Pacino, singer Bob Dylan and actress Elizabeth Taylor.
In an outline of the items, the gallery stated additionally they featured “characteristic freehand flourishes”.
Within hours of the sale, all 780 pictures had offered, with framed particular person prints promoting for £3,950 and the 4 principal photos going for £14,950.
After Depp’s put up on Instagram, which featured a picture of him sitting in entrance of the work and signposted folks to Castle Fine Art, the gallery’s web site skilled a rush of site visitors and crashed.
“I’ve always used art to express my feelings and to reflect on those who matter most to me, like my family, friends and people I admire,” Depp stated.
“My paintings surround my life, but I kept them to myself and limited myself. No one should ever limit themselves.”
The gallery had been in lengthy talks with the Pirates Of The Caribbean star about staging an exhibition and a sale of his work and anticipated to host extra of it sooner or later.
It comes after the conclusion of Depp’s high-profile courtroom case in opposition to his ex-wife Amber Heard, which discovered an article she wrote about being a home abuse survivor was defamatory.
As a consequence, Depp was awarded $10.35m (£8.2m) in damages.
Heard additionally gained on one rely of her countersuit and the jury awarded her $2m (£1.5m) in damages.
After the case had concluded, Depp was seen on stage with rock guitarist Jeff Beck and the pair went on to launch a collaborative album titled 18.
Source: information.sky.com”