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This retrospective at the Ashmolean will be the first exhibition in a public gallery to bring together the visual work of Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke.
More than 120 works will be on display, with many of the paintings, drawings and digital art specifically created for Yorke’s internationally acclaimed band Radiohead, formed in Oxford in 1985.
Artists Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood with some of their work. Photograph by Julian Broad, courtesy of TIN MAN ART
This Is What You Get will showcase Donwood and Yorke’s unique collaborations which explore the complex relationship between visual art and music.
The multi-media exhibition will feature artworks from the 1980s to the present day, including Radiohead album covers and promotional band images – as well as personal sketchbooks and notebooks never seen before in public.
Get Out Before Saturday, Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke, 2000, acrylic on canvas © Stanley Donwood
OK Computer album cover, Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood, 1997 © 1997 XL Recordings Ltd
Wall of Eyes, Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke, 2023, tempera, gouache and gesso on linen © Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke (used for The Smile, Wall of Eyes album cover, 2024)
Heavy Snowfall on House, Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood, 1995, Lambda print on paper © Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood