Name: Recoverist Curators: Curator Tour with Penny
Start: 2026-03-19T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-19T19:00:00+00:00
Location: The Whitworth

Recoverist Curators: Curator Tour with Penny

Embark on a journey with Penny as she reveals how the artworks in Recoverist Curators show the profound and personal path to recovery.
About this Event

Penny's tour will give a unique perspective, shaped by lived experience, illuminates the exhibition with empathy and insight, framing curation itself as an act of understanding and reclamation.

Penny chose The Bay by Paul Nash, for its powerful, evocative landscape, explaining that “it represents the start of a journey through unpredictable, windy terrain that seems never-ending, reflecting the never-ending journey of recovery from addiction, where curveballs might trigger a relapse.”

The artist, Paul Nash (1889–1946), was among the most important British landscape artists of the twentieth century. A key figure in the development of Modernism, his surreal and often haunting works explore the enduring yet transformative power of the natural world – a fitting parallel to the recovery journey.

See the show through Penny’s eyes.

📅 19 March '26

⏰ 18:00pm - 19:00pm

📍the Whitworth

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Driven by lived experience, the Recoverist Curators project is an activist-based process, developing inclusive new ways of working with people and communities in recovery. This exhibition has forged new knowledge and increased cultural confidence for meaningful creative engagement.

About the venue

The Whitworth is a venue with level access throughout, and facilities to support you during your visit. Alongside this our visitor team will be on hand to assist you in the gallery. Find out more about planning your visit to the Whitworth and accessibility information for you.

If you’d like to speak to a team member about any access or additional needs, please get in touch with the gallery and we will be happy to assist you. Email [email protected] or telephone 0161 275 7450.

The Whitworth art gallery and gardens is driven by a mission to work with communities to use art for positive social change, and actively addresses what matters most in people’s lives. We are proudly part of The University of Manchester, operating as a convening space between the University and the people of the city.