Met Gala theme for this year revealed as ‘Fashion is Art’By Jenny Garnsworthy, Press AssociationThe theme of this year’s Met Gala – widely seen as one of the biggest events in fashion – has been revealed as “Fashion is Art”. This year’s Met Gala will be held on May 4th, while its spring exhibition, Costume Art, will be on view from May 10th. The spokesman said the dress code invites “guests to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body throughout art history”. The proceeds from the gala provide the Costume Institute with its primary source of annual funding. Costume Art will mark the opening of The Met’s new, nearly 12,000-square-foot galleries adjacent to the Great Hall.

Source: Irish Independent February 24, 2026 00:29 UTC