Thom Yorke in Venice

Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood will open a new exhibition in Venice on May 7, their first joint show outside the United Kingdom. (artnet.com) The show is titled *No Go Elevator (not without no keycard)* and will run through June 7 at Castello 2432 on Fondamenta dei Penini in Venice’s Castello district. (artribune.com) Artnet reported the installation will include drawings and one large painting, and Yorke said by email that visitors should expect little advance explanation of the work. (artnet.com) The opening lands during preview week for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, which runs from May 9 to November 22, 2026, with preview days on May 6, 7 and 8. (labiennale.org) That timing places Yorke and Donwood inside the annual rush of curators, collectors and artists who spread across official Biennale venues and satellite shows throughout Venice each spring. (labiennale.org) Yorke and Donwood have worked together for more than three decades, building the visual identity for Radiohead releases as well as Yorke’s solo projects, Atoms for Peace and The Smile. (smithsonianmag.com) Their partnership began at the University of Exeter and reached Radiohead’s records by 1994, when Donwood designed the sleeve for the *My Iron Lung* extended play. (bigissue.com) The Venice project follows a London survey of their collaboration, *This Is What You Get*, which opened at Tin Man Art in August 2025 and ran into January 2026. (mutualart.com) My Art Guides said the Venice exhibition design was developed by Wolff Architects and uses large indigo banners to shape the route through the space. (myartguides.com) For Yorke and Donwood, Venice extends a collaboration usually tied to album sleeves and printed matter into the busiest week on the contemporary art calendar. (artnet.com)