Beyoncé Named 2026 Met Gala Co-Chair Alongside Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman & Anna Wintour

Beyoncé Named 2026 Met Gala Co-Chair Alongside Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman & Anna Wintour

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has revealed that Beyoncé, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will serve as co-chairs for the next Met Gala. The star-packed fundraiser for the Met’s Costume Institute is scheduled for May 4 and follows a record-setting edition last year that raised $31 million for the department. Williams will be co-chairing the event seven years after her sister, Serena Williams, held the same role. Beyoncé previously served as honorary chair in 2013, while Kidman was a co-chair in 2003 and 2005. Wintour continues her long-standing role overseeing the gala.

Alongside the co-chairs, the museum announced a host committee chaired by designer Anthony Vaccarello and filmmaker Zoë Kravitz. The committee includes musicians Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, LISA, Sam Smith and Yseult; dancer Misty Copeland; actors Teyana Taylor, Elizabeth Debicki, Gwendoline Christie and Lena Dunham; WNBA star A’ja Wilson; models Alex Consani, Paloma Elsesser and Lauren Wasser; Vogue editor Chloe Malle; and artist Anna Weyant.

The dress code for the 2026 gala has not yet been released, but it will be tied to the museum’s upcoming spring exhibition, titled “Costume Art.” Announced earlier, the show is designed to highlight “the dressed body” through art history by pairing garments from the Costume Institute with objects drawn from across the Met’s collections. “It’s a show that can really live in fascinating ways at the museum and can pull from all different areas of our collection — paintings, sculpture, drawings,” museum CEO and director Max Hollein said in a previous interview. The announcement also comes as Venus Williams continues her own career milestones. The seven-time Grand Slam singles champion returned to competition in July at age 45 after nearly a year and a half away from the WTA Tour, becoming the oldest player to contest singles at the U.S. Open since 1981.