The Met Gala 2026 will take place on May 4th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, featuring a theme centered around Costume Art and a dress code of Fashion is Art, according to BBC. The event is co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour, with honorary chairs Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
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The Met Gala 2026 will take place on May 4th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring a theme centered around Costume Art and a dress code of Fashion Is Art. The event is co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour, with honorary chairs Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Around 450 A-list guests are expected to attend the fundraiser for the Costume Institute's new exhibition.
The gala will celebrate the opening of the Costume Institute's new exhibition, which explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met's vast collection. The exhibition pairs garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body and runs from May 10 through January 10, 2027.
According to The Guardian, this year’s gala may be its most controversial yet due to the involvement of tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos. The event's dress code has become a hot topic, with guests expected to explore their relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate depictions of the dressed body throughout art history.
The Met Gala is one of the most-watched red carpet events of the year, typically attracting 1bn global video views on Vogue’s site alone. The event will stream on Vogue's social media channels, including YouTube and TikTok, May 4 at 6 p.m. ET, with Ashley Graham, La La Anthony, and Cara Delevingne hosting the show.
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