THIS IS WHAT YOU GET EXHIBITION

PAST EXHIBITION

This exhibition has now closed.

It ran from 8 Aug 2025 - 18 Jan 2026

WHAT OUR VISITORS SAID

"A truly wonderful experience that spanned generations"

"Loved this exhibition so much, it really inspired me"

"I was blown away"

"One of the best modern art exhibitions we've seen in recent years"

This major exhibition explored the visual art of Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke and the iconic images of Radiohead.

More than 180 objects were on display from the artists’ 30-year collaboration, including original paintings for album covers, digital compositions, etchings, unpublished drawings, and lyrics in their sketchbooks.
 

Radiohead's Thom Yorke and co-artist Stanley Donwood with some of their artworks

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 revealed how the artists experimented with early technology, and explores the evolution of the images for Radiohead’s legendary albums and Yorke’s later projects. To date the band, which was formed in Oxfordshire in the mid-1980s, has sold 30 million records worldwide.

Developed and curated with Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, the show offered a unique opportunity to look at the creative forces behind some of the most important and influential music of the past few decades.

Some artworks and labels in the exhibition included strong language.

WATCH THE EXHIBITION TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WlaUeZu25EU?si=fbenywc1Qrvk0ox2

Exhibition catalogue

Explore the complex relationship between visual art and music and get closer to the work of Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke and Radiohead's story..

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Exhibition audio guide

If you missed the exhibition, you can still enjoy the show's highlights on the audio guide. Follow Thom and Stanley's creative journey, narrated by Adam Buxton.

This Is What You Get Exhibition Audio Guide with Adam Buxton

 

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Exhibition presented in association with TIN MAN Art and Radiohead.

This exhibition has been supported by

 
Patrons of the Ashmolean Museum
 

XL Recordings

   

13 Artists

   

SJM Concerts