Beyoncé = Met Gala Co‑Chair
Beyoncé was officially announced as a co‑chair for the 2026 Met Gala — a major fashion-and-pop culture move made public this week. Expect her role to shape red‑carpet narratives and headline pre‑Gala coverage as Anna Wintour’s event leans into film-and-celebrity crossovers this season. (ad-hoc-news.de) (carolineprogress.com)
The Met’s press release says the Costume Institute Benefit will be co‑chaired on Monday, May 4, 2026, by Beyoncé alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. (metmuseum.org) The accompanying exhibition, titled “Costume Art,” opens at The Met Fifth Avenue on May 10, 2026, runs through January 10, 2027, and will inaugurate the museum’s nearly 12,000‑square‑foot Condé M. Nast Galleries with nearly 400 objects on view. (metmuseum.org) The Met confirmed the Gala’s dress code as “Fashion is Art,” and described the show as examining the centrality of the dressed body by pairing garments with works of art to explore how clothing and artistic representation intersect. (metmuseum.org) Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz will co‑chair the 2026 Host Committee, which the museum lists as including Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, LISA, Misty Copeland, Gwendoline Christie, Sam Smith and more than a dozen other figures from fashion, film, music and sport. (metmuseum.org) Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are named as the evening’s Honorary Chairs and the Met identified the Gala as the primary annual fundraising source for the Costume Institute’s exhibitions, acquisitions, publications and operations. (metmuseum.org) Coverage tracing Beyoncé’s Met record notes she last walked the Met steps in 2016 and has appeared at the gala multiple times since her 2008 debut — including serving as an honorary chair in 2013 — making 2026 her first time in the formal co‑chair role. (billboard.com)
