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Met Gala 2026 Opens 'Costume Art' Exhibition With Beyoncé as Co-Chair
The 2026 Met Gala, held on the first Monday in May, supports the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with a 'Fashion is Art' dress code. Co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams, the event includes a livestream and raises funds through high-priced tickets. An exhibition titled 'Costume Art' opens to the public on May 10.
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” The exhibition, which displays roughly 400 garments and objects spanning 5,000 years of fashion history, is organized by body type rather than chronology and pairs clothing with related art objects. It marks the debut of the museum’s new Condé Nast Galleries.
The show opens to gala attendees Monday night and to the public on May 10, 2026, and runs through January 2027.
Anna Wintour, who has chaired the Met Gala since 1995, selected Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams as co-chairs. The host committee includes Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Teyana Taylor, Lisa from Blackpink, Elizabeth Debicki and Lena Dunham, with Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz heading the committee.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez serve as honorary chairs. Beyoncé last co-chaired the event a decade ago. Tables cost approximately $350,000 and individual tickets around $75,000. Most celebrities attend as guests of fashion brands that cover the costs.
Every invitation requires personal approval from Anna Wintour.
Vogue will livestream the red carpet on its digital platforms, YouTube and TikTok, with hosts Ashley Graham, Cara Delevingne, La La Anthony and red-carpet correspondent Emma Chamberlain. The BBC and other outlets plan social-media coverage. The event itself is closed to the public, with a no-selfie policy enforced inside the galleries.
Last year’s gala raised a record $31 million for the Costume Institute, its primary annual fundraiser.
The dress code is “Fashion is Art,” directing guests to treat fashion as an embodied art form. The exhibition itself is the first in the museum’s newly renovated galleries dedicated to the Costume Institute. Recent Met Galas have featured themes including “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” in 2025 and “Florals?
