THIS IS WHAT YOU GET EXHIBITION

6 Aug 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

 

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

More than 180 objects will be 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from the artists’ 30-year collaboration, including original paintings for album covers, digital compositions, etchings, unpublished drawings, and lyrics in their sketchbooks.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 will reveal how the artists experimented with early technology, and explore 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 will offer a unique opportunity to look at the creative forces behind some of the most important and influential music of the past few decades.

SELECTED ARTWORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Colourful and abstract artwork showing a mountainous landscape with a grey shadowy creature in the top right and a grey silhouette in the left corner, by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke
Radiohead's album cover artwork for OK Computer showing a blurry intersection of roads in abstract in greys and blues on a white background with a shadowy figure and an x on the right
Pacific Coast by Stanley Donwood & Thom Yorke, Radiohead's Hail to the Thief album cover with collage of words on colourful columns
Notebook featuring lyrics scribbled in blue and black by Thom Yorke for Karma Police, 1995
Wall of Eyes abstract and brightly-coloured album artwork for Thom Yorke's The Smile band by artists Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke
Pages from a notebook featuring 'Police Head' - 1996-98, Collection of Stanley Donwood © Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood
A red house stands in heavy snowfall with a blue road sweeping round the house through the snow in this print by Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood dating to 1995
Lino cut print of London Views (6 of 14) by Stanley Donwood

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This is What you Get exhibition catalogue cover

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Standard ticket

Ticket prices

£16.20
£18.00 with Gift Aid

 

FREE Entry (but booking is strongly recommended) for
  • Members & Patrons, Corporate Members
  • Under 12s
  • Carers (see 'Disabled visitors & carers' section, below)
  • University of Oxford students
  • Pupils with ASH pass
  • OU GLAM staff
  • Museum colleagues (OU Ruskin School, ICOM, UK Museums Association, NMDC members), carers

Proof of eligibility must be presented with your ticket when you visit.

 

Concession rate tickets at £15.20 or £17 with Gift Aid for
  • Senior citizens £15.20, £17 with Gift Aid
  • University of Oxford staff & alumni £15.20, £17 with Gift Aid

Proof of eligibility must be presented with your ticket when you visit.

 

Half-Price tickets available at £8.10 or £9 with Gift Aid, for:
  • Art Fund members
  • Children aged 12–17 years and under 25s
  • Blue Light cardholders (key workers)
  • Those who are unemployed/jobseekers

Proof of eligibility must be presented with your ticket when you visit.

 

Disabled visitors & carers

Disabled visitors should book a regular exhibition ticket at full or concession price, depending on eligibility.

Accompanying carers can access the exhibition for free with a ticket-holding disabled visitor, but should please book one of our free 'Carer' tickets for the same time slot.

 

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Yes. Access to the exhibition is via lift and the entire exhibition is wheelchair accessible. Handheld labels are available.

There is also a level access route from the pavement outside the Museum to the front door. You can read more about Museum access at this link Ashmolean Access Guide

Disabled visitors should book a regular exhibition ticket at full or concession price, depending on eligibility. Accompanying carers can access the exhibition for free with a ticket-holding disabled visitor, but will need to book a free, timed Carer ticket.

 
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Yes, a Smartify audio guide will be available when the exhibition opens.

The guide is £5 with a full price ticket, and £5 for Members and Patrons with free tickets. You will be offered the guide on our Ticket store once you've selected your tickets and date.

We recommend you buy the Smartify audio tour before visiting the exhibition when you pre-book your ticket and save it to your smartphone. Please bring your headphones so you can listen to it on your own device as you enjoy the exhibition. But if you forget them, you can purchase some headphones at our shop or welcome desk. 

You can also purchase the tour at the exhibition shop or at the exhibition entrance.

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Please note, if you're visually impaired the audio guide is free to listen to on your own device. There is no need to pre-book this, the QR code to the self-guided tour can be requested at the exhibition ticket desk on the day of your visit.

 

Yes, you can visit our special exhibitions for FREE under the NMDC (National Museum Directors' Council), ICOM (International Council of Museums) and UK Museums Association reciprocal entry schemes.

You will need to bring proof of eligibility (Membership or Staff Card) with you on the day of your visit and present this with your ticket. Pre-booking is recommended.

Please note that these reciprocal tickets are not available to book in advance during the final two weeks of the exhibition. We cannot guarantee free entry for reciprocal status visitors during this time if there is limited capacity and the exhibition is selling out.

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