Celebrity Brad Pitt Has a New Hobby: Sculpture! "People close to him are happy that he has found something new to be passionate about," a source tells PEOPLE By Jodi Guglielmi Jodi Guglielmi Instagram Twitter Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 21, 2017 10:00 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Dave Benett/WireImage Brad Pitt is getting in touch with his artistic side — but not on camera. In the months following his split from Angelina Jolie, the actor has been spending time working on a new sculpture at the Los Angeles art studio of friend and artist Thomas Houseago. “He recently spent many days and even nights working on a sculpture,” a source close to Pitt tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “People close to him are happy that he has found something new to be passionate about.” Houseago is a well-known British contemporary visual artist who creates sculptures with materials such as plaster and plywood. His art has attracted a slew of celebrity fans including the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis and Flea. For much more on Brad Pitt’s new life, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday Pitt, 53, even spent the morning of the Oscars last month working on his creation before watching the awards ceremony with a group of friends, cheering on Moonlight (which he executive-produced) as it took home Best Picture. From Coinage: See Where 6 Stars Were Before They Were Famous But Pitt’s love for creating and curating art is not a new hobby — in fact, he’s quite the art aficionado. He has collaborated on designing a furniture collection with Frank Pollaro and has worked with architects like Frank Gehry, who designed a house for Pitt’s New Orleans home-building charity Make It Right. “He has always been very passionate about art and has a huge, very interesting collection,” says the source.