# Met Gala 2027 > The Met has not yet confirmed the date or the exhibition for the 2027 Met Gala. Its planned spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, John Galliano: Horizons, was withdrawn on 31 August 2026, and the museum says a new exhibition and the 2027 gala will be announced at a later date. The gala is traditionally held on the first Monday in May. - Canonical: https://thecastindex.com/events/met-gala-2027 - Dates: to be confirmed by the organiser - City: New York, United States - Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Season: Gala 2027 - Status: date to be confirmed - Updated: 2026-10-05 - Author: Kaiser Khan (Founder & Editor) ## When is the Met Gala 2027? The Met has not yet confirmed the date or the exhibition for the 2027 Met Gala. Its planned spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, John Galliano: Horizons, was withdrawn on 31 August 2026, and the museum says a new exhibition and the 2027 gala will be announced at a later date. The gala is traditionally held on the first Monday in May. Official source: [The Met — announcement on the spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition (31 August 2026)](https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/spring-ci-2027-announcement), checked 1 October 2026. ## A midnight supper for the Costume Institute The Met Gala began in 1948, when fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert — who had created New York’s Press Week five years earlier — organised a midnight supper to raise funds for the Costume Institute, the fashion collection that had just become part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tickets for the first dinner are reported to have cost fifty dollars. Over the following decades the event grew from a society dinner into the institute’s primary annual fundraiser, its guest list expanding from New York society to a cross-section of fashion, film, music and sport. The gala’s proceeds fund the Costume Institute’s exhibitions and acquisitions. ## The first Monday in May The gala’s modern form took shape under Anna Wintour, who has chaired or co-chaired the event since 1995, turning it into fashion’s most-watched red carpet: arrival looks are commissioned around the year’s exhibition theme and generate days of global coverage. The gala is traditionally held on the first Monday in May — the 2020 edition was cancelled and later editions briefly moved off the date before the tradition resumed. ## The 2027 gala: what we know Plans for the spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, John Galliano: Horizons, were made public on 31 July 2026; it would have opened in May 2027 alongside the gala (The Art Newspaper). On 31 August 2026 the Met and Galliano jointly announced that the exhibition “will not proceed as planned”. In the museum’s statement, Galliano said he remained “fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past”. The Met says information on a new spring Costume Institute exhibition and the 2027 Met Gala will be announced at a later date. When this page was checked on 1 October 2026, the museum had not announced a replacement exhibition, theme or gala date. The gala is traditionally held on the first Monday in May, which in 2027 falls on 3 May. NPR noted that this date coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2027 and that a change had been speculated; the Met has not confirmed a date. This page does not publish theme predictions. ## Quick facts - Founded in 1948 by publicist Eleanor Lambert as a fundraising midnight supper for the newly founded Costume Institute - The gala is the Costume Institute’s primary annual fundraiser, and the evening traditionally marks the opening of the institute’s spring exhibition - Vogue’s Anna Wintour has chaired or co-chaired the gala since 1995, with rare exceptions - Traditionally held on the first Monday in May, with pandemic-era exceptions in 2020–2022 - The Met’s planned spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, John Galliano: Horizons, was withdrawn on 31 August 2026 (The Met) - The Met says a new spring exhibition and the 2027 gala will be announced at a later date; no date or theme had been confirmed by 1 October 2026 ## Who leads hair and makeup? Beauty looks are chosen by each attendee and their appointed artists; the index does not attribute a single beauty team to the gala. Hair credits: Artist-appointed teams. Makeup credits: Artist-appointed artists. ## FAQ ### What is the Met Gala 2027 theme? There is no confirmed theme. The exhibition first planned for spring 2027, John Galliano: Horizons, was withdrawn on 31 August 2026, and the Met says a new Costume Institute exhibition will be announced later. This page does not publish theme predictions. ### Has the Met Gala 2027 been cancelled? No. The planned John Galliano exhibition was withdrawn, not the gala. The Met says the new exhibition and the 2027 Met Gala will be announced at a later date. ## Sources - [The Met — announcement on the spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition (31 August 2026)](https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/spring-ci-2027-announcement) - [The Met — announcement on the spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition (31 August 2026)](https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/spring-ci-2027-announcement) - [The Art Newspaper — Met and John Galliano cancel planned exhibition (31 August 2026, press)](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/08/31/metropolitan-museum-costume-institute-john-galliano-exhibition-cancelled) - [NPR — museum cancels planned Met Gala exhibit (1 September 2026, press)](https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/g-s1-141347/met-gala-john-galliano-exhibit-canceled) Cite as: The Cast Index, "Met Gala 2027", https://thecastindex.com/events/met-gala-2027.