Sharon Stone takes swipe at Johnny Depp’s art skills

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Sharon Stone has taken a swipe at Johnny Depp in a brand new interview about her success within the art world.

The Hollywood star, whose credit embody Basic Instinct and Casino, has turned her again on performing to pursue her portray skills – and she or he solid aspersions on an art assortment created by Depp that fetched thousands and thousands in 2022.

Stone reignited her ardour for art throughout lockdown, and determined to embrace the ability full-time after failing to be provided roles she believed had been worthy of her abilities.

She has now opened her personal exhibition – in Berlin – and one other is because of open in San Francisco in April. However, whereas she acknowledged that her speedy success within the art may “probably” be attributed to her fame, the actor advised The Guardian she has a number of obstacles as she isn’t essentially portray art that galleries need.

Here, Stone hit out at Depp’s profitable art assortment, stating: “Johnny Depp is printing pictures of people, putting some paint over it and signing it, and making a fortune.”

Stone was referring to Depp’s Friends & Heroes, an art assortment that includes 780 prints of well-known faces, which he bought for an estimated $3.65m. He adopted this up with much more prints in 2023, which included the faces of well-known figures akin to Heath Ledger and Hunter S Thompson.

Also final yr, Depp unveiled a self-portrait, which captures the “emotional exhaustion” he felt throughout a tough interval in his life. The actor donated $200 from each sale of the image to Mental Health America.

Stone stated curators have made requests seemingly based mostly on Depp’s success, telling the outlet: “I had galleries approach me and say, ‘Could you please make prints of your face?’ I think it’s my duty not to do that. It’s my job to open a window for other women and hold it open further.”

In the previous, Stone has been supportive of Depp with regard to his private life. Addressing his high-profile court docket case with ex-wife Amber Heard, Stone advised The Telegraph in 2020: “I’ve known Johnny from when he was a kid and he’s a terrific guy: sweet and nice and very warm and generous. So I have a feeling it’s more about this young lady.”

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On Wednesday (20 March), Depp responded to an accusation that he handled his Blow co-star Lola Glaudini aggressively on the movie’s set.

A rep for ther actor denied Glaudini’s claims, saying: “Johnny always prioritises good working relationships with cast and crew and this recounting differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time.”