Beyoncé arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday.
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On Monday night, extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their grand ascent up the Met Gala’s staircase, marking the start of fashion’s biggest night and raising money for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour are the 2026 Gala co-chairs. Lauren Sánchez Bezos is an honorary co-chair.
“Fashion is Art” is the dress code for this year’s Gala, and attendees are expected to follow it while viewing “Costume Art,” the Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition.
“Costume Art” opens to the public on May 10 in the Met’s new Condé Nast gallery spaces. It features century-spanning fashions on various body types, juxtaposed with art objects from the Met’s collections. Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton says the exhibition seeks to connect “artistic representations of the body with fashion as an embodied art form.”
Here are some of the red carpet outfits from the night:
Rihanna attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Singer Lisa arrives for the 2026 Met Gala.
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Bad Bunny attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Teyana Taylor attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Madonna attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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SZA attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Anne Hathaway and fashion designer Michael Kors attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Singer Rauw Alejandro attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Janelle Monáe attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model and influencer Emma Chamberlain attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model Aariana Rose Philip attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Joshua Henry performs with backup dancers.
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Nicole Kidman (left), Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Anna Wintour attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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Co-chair Venus Williams arrives with her husband Andrea Preti.
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Writer and activist Sinéad Burke attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model Ashley Graham attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Actor Connor Storrie attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Musician Jon Batiste attend the 2026 Met Gala. His wife, author Suleika Jaouad is seen on the left.
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Sam Smith attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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