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Ashmolean Opens ‘This Is What You Get,’ Thom Yorke’s First Institutional Showcase

Featuring a student-curated section from Cheney School pupils, the Oxford museum’s exhibition highlights the duo’s experimental art techniques

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Overview

  • The exhibition opened on August 6 and runs through January 11, 2026.
  • Over 180 original items are on display, from album-cover paintings and sketchbook pages to etchings and digital compositions.
  • The show traces experimental methods such as image degradation for The Bends and digital layering for OK Computer.
  • A dedicated gallery space features creative feedback and responses from Year 11 and 12 pupils at Cheney School’s Rumble Museum.
  • The exhibition draws on personal archives to map how Yorke and Donwood’s imagery shaped Radiohead’s visual identity.