US EditionThe Next Met Gala Exhibit Will Spotlight Fashion Across Art History
- Vogue announced with the Met that the 2026 Costume Institute exhibition will be titled `Costume Art`, launching at the Met Gala on Monday, May 4, 2026, with the show opening May 10, 2026.
- Andrew Bolton framed the exhibition as tied to the Costume Institute's history and the museum designed the project to draw connections between garments and museum objects.
- Curators will place paintings, sculpture and other objects alongside garments, pairing almost 200 artworks with around 200 garments across themed sections like the `Naked Body` and the `Pregnant Body`.
- Occupying nearly 12,000 square feet off the Great Hall, the new Condé Nast galleries will house spring Costume Institute exhibits and reduce past bottlenecks, the museum said.
- Sponsored by Saint Laurent and Condé Nast, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, the Met Gala will animate fashion's splashiest night as an annual fundraiser, with tickets reportedly costing $75,000.
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There’s something quietly powerful about the Met Gala, the night when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute becomes a runway, and fashion and art collide on the iconic steps. In 2026, the theme 'Costume Art' brings that collision into sharp focus, emphasising how clothes and the human body are not just separate entities, but deeply intertwined. Curator Andrew Bolton is leading the charge with this year’s exhibition, which explores t…
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By Rachel Tashjian and Leah Dolan, CNN. What is the best-costume painting of all time? It's a question the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) hopes to answer with its upcoming Costume Institute exhibition, which it announced Monday morning will be titled “Costume Art.” The show, which opens May 10, will bring together nearly 200 artworks with around 200 garments and accessories, aiming to definitively establish the connection between fashion and f…
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