Co-chairs will preside over a gala themed around Costume Art, with Beyoncé attending for first time since 2016
The co-chairs of the Met Gala, which is held every year on the first Monday in May in New York City, have been announced as Beyoncé, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and, of course, Anna Wintour.
Otherwise known as “fashion’s biggest night out” or “the Superbowl of fashion”, it will be Beyoncé’s first time in attendance since 2016, when she wore Givenchy to attend a Met Gala themed Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.
The role of the co-chairs is to oversee everything from interior design to catering to guest list, as well as hosting, possibly performing and, crucially, dressing to hit the brief. Past co-chairs have included everyone from Zendaya to Harry Styles, Rihanna to Donatella Versace and Lin-Manuel Miranda to Sarah Jessica Parker.
This year’s co-chairs will be presiding over a Met Gala themed around Costume Art, to tie in with the Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition. Announced last month, the exhibition, which will be on view to the public from 10 May, aims to explore the body and fashion in art by pairing paintings, sculptures and other objects from the Met’s collection with 200 historical and contemporary garments from the Costume Institute: a 16th century painting of Adam and Eve by Albrecht Düre with an ensemble by Belgian-designer Walter Van Beirendonck, say; or a photograph of a body called La Poupeé with a Rei Kawakubo creation for Comme des Garçons.
