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New Met Gala Fashion Exhibit Seeks to 'Reclaim' Body Types that Art History Has Ignored
The exhibition uses garments, mannequins cast from real bodies and artworks to challenge art history’s neglect of pregnant and aging forms.
- On Monday, May 4, 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute will unveil "Costume Art," exploring the relationship between clothing and the human body before its public opening on May 10.
- Inside the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, the museum will permanently house all future Costume Institute shows, enabling extended runs like this exhibition's 8-month display.
- Paralympian Aimee Mullins wears prosthetic Alexander McQueen boots in the "Reclaimed Body" section, where mannequins based on real people examine physical, sensory, and cognitive experiences through paired fashion and art.
- Longtime Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton designed the exhibition to use the dressed body as a launchpad, aiming to facilitate empathy by pairing fashion with art objects beyond classical form celebration.
- Celebrity guests arriving for the Met Gala on Monday will follow the "Fashion Is Art" dress code, co-chaired by Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Beyoncé. The gala serves as a record-breaking fundraiser for the museum's self-funding department.
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NBC New YorkNew Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to 'reclaim' body types ignored by art history
One of the first sights we see in “Costume Art,” the new fashion exhibit to be launched at Monday’s Met Gala, is a glittering column gown by Dolce & Gabbana, its shimmering gold sequins surrounding an image of Aphrodite. The Greek goddess stands on a pedestal, holding a golden apple bestowed on her for her beauty — a classic ideal of beauty as old as, well, ancient Greece. But the idea of “Costume Art,” which examines the dressed body through ce…
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New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored
Monday's glittering Met Gala guests will be the first to sample “Costume Art,” a new exhibit that explores the dressed body through art history.
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