Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley review – a fleeting tour of Tove Jansson’s beguiling world
Eerie and uplifting, the first Moomins video game for over a decade sends anti-authoritarian Snufkin on a mission to restore the nature of Moominvalley
June 2023
Tove Jansson’s unseen Moomin sketches to go on show in Paris
Exhibition focuses on life and career of ‘brave and uncompromising’ Finnish artist and writer
July 2021
Tove review – gentle biopic of the Moomins creator’s life and loves
Tove review – impassioned portrayal of Moomins creator lights up biopic
May 2020
My favourite book as a kid
My favourite book as a kid ... Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson
I found the story of Moomintroll waking up alone in a world transformed deeply unsettling as a child - and still do, writes historian Tom Holland
April 2020
What the Moomins creator can teach us about small worlds
Tove Jansson’sThe Summer Book tells of peopleon a tiny island off Finland, living together with tact, grace and delightful attention to their surroundings
December 2019
My life in sex
My life in sex: the woman who has a thing for Moomins
I used to work as a seamstress and was able to create a realistic latex outfit
April 2019
The watcher
Why are Rosamund Pike and Kate Winslet stuck in the CGI Moominvalley?
'It is a religion': how the world went mad for Moomins
September 2018
Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps
From Moominland to the Marauder’s Map, writers Robert Macfarlane, Frances Hardinge and Harry Potter cartographer Miraphora Mina unfold their favourite maps
March 2018
Books blog
My family and other Moomins: Rhianna Pratchett on her father's love for Tove Jansson
On the anniversary of Terry Pratchett’s death, his daughter reflects on how Tove Jansson’s creations brought them together
October 2017
Moomins and more: UK show to exhibit Tove Jansson's broader work
Britain’s first major retrospective of Finnish artist, at Dulwich Picture Gallery, aims to enhance her reputation as serious artist
July 2017
New Moomin museum opens in Finland
Tove Jansson never took her family of fairytale characters too seriously, but they now have their own museum in Tampere, attracting Moomins fans from around the world
February 2017
The Moomins: did the cult kids’ TV show spark an electronic revolution?
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill: The Moomins review – wonky DIY soundtrack provides a Proustian rush
January 2017
Five of the best… new art shows
Turner In January and Ken Price: this week’s best UK exhibitions
Scotland’s spectacular collection of the great artist’s watercolours, plus Adventures In Moominland, Ken Price, War In The Sunshine and An Amateur’s Passion
December 2016
Moomintroll, Thingumy and Bob: welcome to the Moomins
Jonathan Jones on art
From the Moomins to Asterix, picture books help build a better world
Jonathan Jones
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Moomins, board games and taxidermy – the week in art
UK's first major Moomin exhibition set to open in London
