Finnish author and journalist Pihla Hintikka will read Tove Jansson's two illustrated books, Qui va rassurer le tibou and Le dangereux voyage, which will be followed by a conversation based on these two titles. During the workshop, children will be invited to draw and create their own illustrations.

Pihla Hintikka is Finnish author and journalist based in Paris since 2005. She works among others for the biggest Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, and writes in Finnish, French and English. She specializes in culture, society and lifestyle stories. After having written two plays for the Finnish theatre, she published her first novel for Otava in 2020. She has also written three books in French: Le Guide féministe de la grossesse (2019), Fille-garçon même éducation (2020) and 30 discussions pour une éducation antisexiste (2021) published by Marabout. Her second Finnish novel will be published by Otava in 2024.

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The class will be hosted in French with an age recommendation 6+ years. Markers and colored pencils will be provided. This event is free but reservation is required.

In converstation:
Artist Vidya Gastaldon
Writer Aysegul Savas
Curator Sini Rinne-Kanto

Moderated by:
Seb Emina

Vidya Gastaldon was born in 1974 in Besançon. She lives and works in Grange Neuve (Ain), France. With her mystical, fantastical and extremely vivid approach to art, Gastaldon develops a sort of harmonisation of spiritual and physical qualities. Allergic to any attempt to control and restrain her universe, she delivers a cosmic overview combining Hindi divinities, Muppet Show characters and Christian references. Her work, reminiscent of artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Charles E. Burchfield, and William Blake, is extremely multifaceted and deals with the divine, the hallucinatory, and everyday life. In a mixture of sacred, sensual, tongue-in-cheek and sometimes provocative creations, she establishes a connection between “being” and “meant to be”. She engenders new beliefs, and by means of negative and positive impulses, she pushes social unconsciousness out of the way, liberating our collective thought of the predefined egregores that oblige us to keep reproducing spiritual and social patterns.

Ayşegül Savaş is the author of the novels Walking on the Ceiling, White on White, and The Anthropologists, forthcoming in 2024. She writes for such publications as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, and The Guardian. Originally from Istanbul, she lives in Paris.

Sini Rinne-Kanto is a Finnish, Paris-based curator, researcher and PhD candidate. In 2016, she co-founded The Community, an art centre and curatorial platform, and since its foundation has worked as Head Curator of the exhibition and event programme.

Seb Emina is an editor and writer based in Paris. He was editor in chief of The Happy Reader magazine until its final issue earlier this year, and is co-curator of the radio art experiment Five Radio Stations, launching 21 October. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Times Literary Supplement, Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman and other places too.

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The conversation is held in English, and is free but reservation is required.

Join us to celebrate the launch of the Houses of Tove Jansson catalogue accompanied by drinks and music by Elen Huynh.

The catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Houses of Tove Jansson, Paris, 2023.

With over 200 works from the exhibition, the fully illustrated catalogue includes an introduction by co-curator Sini Rinne-Kanto entitled ‘The First House’; a foreword by Sophia Jansson; and commissioned texts by Hannah Williams, ‘Just Linger for the Pleasure of It’ and Kate Zambreno, ‘Summer’.

The catalogue, edited by Annabel Fernandes and designed by Maria Chiara Moro, comprises 288 pages with a canvas cover. It is published by The Community, Tove Jansson Estate and Moomin Characters.

This event is free but reservation is required.

In converstation:
Author Yelena Moskovich
Writer Hannah Williams

Moderated by:
Seb Emina


Yelena Moskovich is a Ukrainian-born writer, author of four novels, Nadezhda in the Dark, A Door Behind A Door, Virtuoso, and The Natashas. She immigrated to the U.S. with her family as Jewish refugees in 1991, then to France in 2007. Her work has been long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize, awarded the Galley Beggar Short Story Prize and named in the Guardian, Telegraph, and Irish Times Books of the Year. Hannah Williams is a critic and culture writer living in London. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Atlantic, among others.

Hannah Williams is a critic and culture writer living in London. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Atlantic, among others.

Seb Emina is an editor and writer based in Paris. He was editor in chief of The Happy Reader magazine until its final issue earlier this year, and is co-curator of the radio art experiment Five Radio Stations, launching 21 October. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Times Literary Supplement, Fantastic Man, The Gentlewoman and other places too.

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The conversation is held in English, and is free but reservation is required.

Join us for a guided tour of Houses of Tove Jansson, the first exhibition of its kind and the largest in Central Europe devoted to the life and work of Tove Jansson, with curator Sini Rinne-Kanto.

The tour will be held in French. This event is free but reservation is required.

Artist Inès Di Folco has designed an aquatic labyrinth, inspired by her own paintings and her experience as a teacher at the Ateliers du Carrousel du Louvre.

For one hour, the children will get to know each other and meditate. After the exercise, they will embark on the artist's boat armed with a pencil and their imagination. Thrills and laughter guaranteed.

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Class conducted in French. Drawing materials will be provided, and participation (limited to 10 accompanied children aged 4 to 10) is free, with registration.