The 2026 Met Gala theme is “Costume Art,” celebrating the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition of the same name, which highlights the “dressed body” as a central artistic medium across 5,000 years of art history. The official dress code for the May 4, 2026, event is “Fashion Is Art,” encouraging attendees to reimagine clothing as sculptural art and creative expression.
Key Details About the 2026 Theme
- Theme & Exhibition: “Costume Art” explores the inextricable relationship between clothing and the body, featuring nearly 400 objects, including paintings, sculptures, and garments that span from prehistory to the present.
- Dress Code: “Fashion Is Art”: Guests are invited to showcase fashion as an embodied art form, likely resulting in dramatic, sculptural, and anatomy-inspired looks, according to E! Online.
- Focus on Body Types: Curator Andrew Bolton highlights varied body types in this exhibition, including the “pregnant,” “corpulent,” “disabled,” and “nude” body, using 25 new mannequins to reflect diverse human forms.
- New Venue: The exhibition will inaugurate the new Condé M. Nast Galleries, located adjacent to the Met’s Great Hall, providing a permanent, expanded space for the Costume Institute.
- Co-Chairs: The 2026 Met Gala will be co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour, as reported by Yahoo Entertainment.
The exhibition aims to prove that fashion is a common denominator in art, connecting artistic representations of the body with the garments that clothe them.
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