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Met Names 2026 Costume Institute Theme 'Costume Art' to Launch New Condé Nast Galleries

The exhibition reframes fashion as embodied art by pairing roughly 200 garments with 200 works across the museum’s collection.

Bustle by Charles James, right, is displayed at the announcement, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, about the next spring fashion exhibit Costume Art, which is set to launch at the Met Gala in 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Overview

  • The Met Gala is set for May 4, 2026, with the Costume Art exhibition running May 10, 2026 through Jan. 10, 2027.
  • Curator Andrew Bolton centers the dressed body, organizing sections such as the Naked, Classical, Pregnant, Aging, Anatomical and Mortal bodies.
  • The show will inaugurate a permanent 12,000-square-foot gallery suite beside the Great Hall, giving the Costume Institute a central home.
  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are reported as lead sponsors alongside Condé Nast and Saint Laurent, and Anna Wintour will continue to supervise the gala.
  • Co-chairs and the dress code have not been announced; reported installation choices include mirrored-headed mannequins and casts of real bodies to encourage visitor empathy.