Beyonce, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman to co-chair 2026 Met Gala

Music powerhouse Beyonce, tennis legend Venus Williams and Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman will co-chair the 2026 Met Gala on May 4 alongside Vogue’s Anna Wintour, the Metropolitan Museum of Art introduced Wednesday in New York.

The annual Met Gala, historically held on the primary Monday in May, was first organized in 1948 and for many years was reserved for New York excessive society.

Wintour, the excessive priestess of US trend, took over the present within the Nineties, reworking the social gathering right into a catwalk for the wealthy and well-known.

The gala is a fundraiser for the Met’s Costume Institute, however it is usually a social media extravaganza that sees stars don over-the-top seems to be, vying to create the best spectacle.

The gown code has not but been revealed however it’ll dovetail with the “Costume Art” exhibition, which opens on May 10 on the venerable museum in Manhattan and can search to discover the “dressed body” in artworks throughout the centuries.

The co-chairs are energy gamers of their fields: music, sports activities and movie.

The gala will mark the primary time in a decade that Beyonce has attended, and fashionistas shall be holding their breath ready to see what look — or seems to be – she unveils. She was an honorary co-chair in 2013.

Williams, 45, is the winner of seven Grand Slam titles. She continues to be competing on the WTA Tour. Her sister Serena — who has retired from tennis — co-hosted the occasion in 2019.

Kidman, who co-chaired the occasion in 2003 and in 2005, has a number of initiatives within the works for 2026, together with “Practical Magic 2,” a sequel to the favored 1998 movie a couple of household of witches, and “Scarpetta,” a sequence primarily based on Patricia Cornwell’s crime novel heroine.

The Met additionally introduced a gala “host committee” led by Saint Laurent designer Anthony Vaccarello and actress Zoe Kravitz. Also on the committee are singers Sabrina Carpenter and Doja Cat, retired ballet celebrity Misty Copeland, and WNBA champion A’ja Wilson.