Met Gala sets 'Fashion Is Art'

The Metropolitan Museum of Art says the 2026 Met Gala will be held on Monday, May 4, with the dress code “Fashion is Art.” (metmuseum.org) The museum said Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour will co-chair the fundraiser, with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos serving as honorary chairs. (metmuseum.org) The host committee includes Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Paloma Elsesser, Lisa, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor, A’ja Wilson and Zoë Kravitz, alongside newly announced members including Angela Bassett and Amy Sherald. (metmuseum.org) The gala is tied to the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, “Costume Art,” which opens to the public on May 10, 2026, and runs through January 10, 2027. (metmuseum.org 1) (metmuseum.org 2) The Met says the show will bring together nearly 400 objects from across the museum and pair garments with artworks to examine “fashion as an embodied art form.” (metmuseum.org 1) (metmuseum.org 2) The exhibition will be the first in the museum’s new nearly 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, adjacent to the Great Hall. (metmuseum.org 1) (metmuseum.org 2) On the exhibition page, the museum says the show focuses primarily on Western art from prehistory to the present and organizes pairings into thematic “body types” traced across time and cultures. (metmuseum.org) The Met Gala is held on the first Monday in May each year, and the museum says the benefit provides the Costume Institute’s primary annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions and operations. (metmuseum.org) (metmuseum.org) The museum has also posted member preview days for “Costume Art” on May 5 and May 7 through May 9, with timed tickets released on April 27. (metmuseum.org) (metmuseum.org) By May 10, the red carpet theme will have moved inside the building, where the Met plans to turn “Fashion is Art” into a 400-object exhibition. (metmuseum.org) (metmuseum.org)