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One of the biggest fashion exhibitions of the year announced its 2026 theme on Monday.
Metropolitan Museum of Art announced met galaThe theme will be “Costume Art”, aiming to make a connection more literal than ever before by pairing costumes with objects throughout the museum to show how fashion has long been intertwined with various art forms.
The connections that will be drawn between artefacts And the costumes will range, the curators said in a statement, “from the formal to the conceptual, the aesthetic to the political, the personal to the universal, the illustrative to the symbolic and the playful to the profound.”
It’s also a show that will have a new home. “Costume Art”, which will open to the public on May 10, will inaugurate new gallery space spanning approximately 12,000 square feet (1,115 square metres). of museum great Hall.
Max Hallin, CEO and director of the Met, said in an interview before Monday’s announcement that he hoped the exhibition would take visitors new york Museum on a (very fashionable) trip art historyWhere they will see the complete connection.
“This is a show that can really live in the museum in engaging ways and draw from all the different areas of our collection – paintings, sculpture, drawings,” Hollen said.
“I hope we can all agree that fashion is art,” Hollen said. “But actually I think the exhibition… will make it clear how outfit In fact, it could be said, it’s already happening throughout the museum and in all the different mediums.”
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According to Andrew Bolton, curator in charge of the Costume Institute, the new show will examine the decorated body, and will be organized thematically based on different body types. For example, this would include “nude body” and “classical body”, but also less expected topics such as “pregnant body” and “aging body”.
An example: In the “Naked Body” section, German artist Albrecht Dürer’s 1504 print will be paired with Belgian designer Walter Van Beyerendonck’s spandex bodysuit from a 2009 collection that retells the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
This means that when A-listers hit the main steps at the Met Gala on May 5 — perhaps ready to parade famous objects of art — they’ll be only a few feet from the exhibit, making it easier to view the art before sipping and socializing. (False details — like celebrity hosts and specific dress codes — will be shared later.)
Hollein said the museum was primarily concerned with giving fashion a more prominent place and giving regular visitors a seamless experience. In years past, long lines for fashion exhibitions would spill over into other galleries and create bottlenecks in inconvenient locations.
The new Conde M. Nast Gallery – created from what was formerly the museum’s retail store – will house not only all of the upcoming Spring Costume Institute exhibits, but other shows from different parts of the museum.
Bolton said in a statement that the gallery space “will mark a significant moment for the department, acknowledging the important role fashion plays not only in art history but also in contemporary culture.”
“Costume Art” opens to the public on May 10, 2026 and runs through January 10, 2027.