Met Gala set May 4
- The Met Gala will take place Monday, May 4 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, tied to the Costume Institute. - The exhibition is 'Costume Art', the dress code 'Fashion is Art', and co-chairs include Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman. - Vanity Fair and The New York Times reported livestream details and the event's creative framing ( ).
The 2026 Met Gala is set for Monday, May 4, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (metmuseum.org) The gala opens the Costume Institute’s spring show, “Costume Art,” which goes on view May 10, 2026, and runs through January 10, 2027. The Met said the exhibition will pair garments with artworks from across the museum’s collection. (metmuseum.org) This year’s dress code is “Fashion is Art,” and the co-chairs are Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour. The Met also named Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos honorary chairs. (metmuseum.org) The exhibition’s premise is direct: clothing will be shown alongside paintings, sculpture, and other objects to trace how the “dressed body” appears across art history. The Met said the show will focus primarily on Western art from prehistory to the present. (metmuseum.org) “Costume Art” will be the first exhibition staged in the museum’s new nearly 12,000-square-foot galleries next to the Great Hall. The Met said those galleries will host the Costume Institute’s annual spring show and, at times, exhibitions from other departments. (metmuseum.org) The gala is more than a red carpet. The Met says the first-Monday-in-May fundraiser provides the Costume Institute with its primary annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and operations. (metmuseum.org) The Costume Institute itself holds more than 33,000 objects spanning seven centuries of dress and accessories. Its history at the museum dates to a 1946 merger, and it became a curatorial department in 1959. (metmuseum.org) The guest structure is broader than the co-chair list. The Met said Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz are attached to the gala host committee, alongside names including Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Misty Copeland, Sam Smith, A’ja Wilson, Angela Bassett, Amy Sherald, and Chase Sui Wonders. (metmuseum.org) The museum is already planning around the event: The Met Fifth Avenue says it will be closed on Monday, May 4, and its Temple of Dendur will be closed from April 26 through May 8. By the next weekend, the gala spectacle will give way to a public exhibition built to stay on view through January. (metmuseum.org; metmuseum.org)
