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Met Sets 2026 Met Gala Theme ‘Costume Art’ to Launch New Condé Nast Galleries

The museum reframes fashion within its collection by pairing 200 garments with 200 artworks across 5,000 years.

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 gala is scheduled for May 4, 2026, with the exhibition open from May 10, 2026 through January 10, 2027.
  • The presentation inaugurates the roughly 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries located beside the Met’s Great Hall.
  • Curators will juxtapose about 200 garments with 200 artworks to examine the centrality of the dressed body in art.
  • Themes span commonly depicted figures and historically overlooked bodies, including pregnant and aging, as well as universal anatomical and mortal categories.
  • Reported backers include Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez along with Saint Laurent and Condé Nast, and the dress code and co-chairs have yet to be announced.