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Johnny Depp is to unveil his first sculpture, a half-human half-rabbit bronze called 'The Bunnyman', at Istanbul art fair

From the Newshound archive · first published 19 September 2026.

'The Bunnyman', a two-metre white bronze cast at Milan's Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, will be displayed at Contemporary Istanbul from 22-27 September, coinciding with a 200-work Johnny Depp exhibition in Shanghai.
'The Bunnyman', a two-metre white bronze cast at Milan's Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, will be displayed at Contemporary Istanbul from 22-27 September, coinciding with a 200-work Johnny Depp exhibition in Shanghai.

Johnny Depp's debut sculpture, a two-metre white bronze titled 'The Bunnyman', is set to be presented at Contemporary Istanbul from September 22-27, at Tersane Istanbul, the historic Ottoman shipyard on the Golden Horn. The piece is described as a half-human, half-rabbit guardian carrying a "sword of truth". The unveiling marks a significant step in Depp's growing career as a visual artist, coinciding with a 200-work exhibition at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai.

The sculpture originated from a childhood scribble by Depp's son Jack, aged around five, which reminded Depp of a recurring dream he had at the same age.

Depp said: 'Some character that Jack had scribbled, beautiful scribbles into that shape, reminded me of a kind of recurrent dream that I had as a child.'

The bronze was cast at Milan's Fonderia Artistica Battaglia and developed with Pantheon Art, the company that manages Depp's art.

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