Met Gala announces theme for 2026 ceremony

The annual haute couture fundraising festival, known as the Met Gala, has announced the theme for the 2026 edition of the exhibition.

The event, which is set to hold on the 4th of May, will be hosted by Anna Wintour. Vogue revealed that the dress code for this year’s ‘Costume Art’ party will be ‘Fashion Is Art’.

The curator in charge of the Costume Institute, Andrew Bolton, spoke about the theme, revealing that fashion not only connects galleries and museums but also people.

“What connects every curatorial department and what connects every single gallery in the museum is fashion, or the dressed body. It’s the common thread throughout the whole museum, which is really what the initial idea for the exhibition was,” he said.

The attendees at this year’s event have been urged to see their bodies as a ‘blank canvas’ for fashion.