With many art sales tumbling at fine art auction houses like Sotheby’s, Jonathan Monk’s latest series, The Deflated Inflated, rings true. Based on Jeff Koons’s steel sculpture of a cheap rabbit balloon, Monk’s work depicts the iconic sculpture in various levels of deflation.

Monk’s solo show will open at the Lisson Gallery in London next week.

For more info, see: The Telegraph

With the holidays fast approaching, here are a few gift ideas for rabbit lovers.

1. “Solitude” – 8.5 x 11 Print – $20.00
   This adorable print of an acrylic painting by Kristiana Pärn features a crisp white rabbit on a swing. It’s the perfect wall accessory for your friend/family member’s bunny-proofed room!
   Buy it from Etsy
2. Squirrel and Bunny Recipe Cards (Set of 10) – $8.00
   These cute forest creatures wearing aprons and exhibiting excellent culinary techniques make cooking extra fun! Showcasing wonderful illustrations by Susie Ghahremani, these recipe cards will spice up anyone’s cooking experience!
   Buy it from Etsy
3. Bunnies in Boats by Rob Styler – $9.99
   Bunnies in Boats tells the story of a rabbit tribe happily living on an island until the waters around them start to rise. As fear sweeps over the tribe, one family strives to find a solution to this impending problem. Not only is this little book a good read, purchasing a copy also helps fund the maintenance of My House Rabbit and plants a tree!
   Buy the book
4. Watership Down by Richard Adams – $10.88
   This is classic tale of a community of rabbits who must flee their English countryside warren due to land development. The novel comments on the downside to urban development and serves as an allegory to human culture and interaction.
   Buy it from Amazon
5. House Rabbit Society Gift Donation
   Make a donation to the House Rabbit Society (or local chapter) in someone’s name. The person will receive membership to the House Rabbit Journal which contains helpful information about rabbit health and behavior.
   Donate to the HRS

It’s Chow Time! Let your pet rabbit eat in style. Featuring an adorable rabbit eating a carrot and dandelion meal, this fun bunny bowl is ideal for pellets or water.

Available from My House Rabbit’s Gift Shop.

A 56-foot red, fiberglass rabbit sculpture is set to be installed in the new terminal at Sacramento International Airport in 2011. At four stories high, the sculpture will tower over people as they pick up their luggage at baggage claim. It was designed by an artist/professor at Denver University.

For more information: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=49812&catid=2

This pink, knitted bunny on the side of Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region is so large, it can be seen from space via Google Earth. The outdoor art piece was created by the Viennese art collective Gelatin out of pink wool and straw. The sculpture is meant to be a hands-on exhibit; people are encouraged to climb on it and sit on it.

According to Gelatin group member Wolfgang Gantner, “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it, and you can’t help but smile.”

For more information: Telegraph.co.uk

By applying three stickers to these plastic bags, Japanese company MAQ, Inc. has made these normally disposable items into something cuter. In turn, people may be a bit more inclined to keep reusing them.

For more info: http://inventorspot.com/articles/cute_rabbit_trash_bag_its_white_go_green_17397

Warner Bros. will be releasing a deluxe DVD offering of Watership Down in November of this year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the film’s release. Watership Down is a great story for anyone, not just a bunny fan. If you’ve never read the book, this summer would be a great time to get around to it.

Big Buck Bunny is a recently released film about a large bunny and his run in with some pesky forest creatures. What is interesting about this film is that it was released online in addition to DVD under a Creative Commons License, making it free to distribute. So go and watch it. If you like it you can purchase the DVD.

More info.

If you love bunnies in space suits, flying kites or riding scooters, you’ll love Nakisha Elsje VanderHoeven’s Etsy shop. Her store carries very whimsical original watercolors as well as limited edition fine art prints of little rabbit adventures.

For more info: Nakisha’s Etsy Shop

Brokeback Mountain buns, a creation of Angry Alien Productions, has been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of Animation. 30 Second Bunnies Theatre features movies parodied and re-enacted by cartoon bunnies in 30 seconds. The online series was created by Jennifer Shiman, who releases one new re-enactment per month.

In perusing the site, I also found the section entitled, Amy’s Diary (Dairy), to be hilarious. While it doesn’t feature bunnies, it is worth clicking the entry dates. You’ll encounter narrations and illustrations that accompany excerpts from Amy Forstadt’s REAL third grade diary.