Johnny Depp’s Far-Out Art Makes Its China Debut. Will the Show Aid the Controversial Actor’s Comeback?

Whether you are an ex–head of state (George W. Bush), an Academy Award–winning thespian (Adrien Brody), or a Grammy Award–winning musician (Jack White), it seems that what famous people really want to be, deep down, is artists.Academy Award–nominated actor Johnny Depp is yet another example. The exhibition, “Johnny Depp: A Bunch of Stuff Presents Figures of the Fringe,” now open at Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai, marks his first exhibition in China. When it