Met Gala returning with 2021 show after cancelling last year due to COVID-19

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Monday that the annual highwattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity Met Gala which was cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic will return in person first in September then again in 2022 in its usual slot of the first Monday in MayAccording to Fox News the galas a more intimate version September 13 of this year and a larger one on May 2 2022 will launch a twopart exhibition a survey of American fashion to be on view for almost a yearThe museum said that In America A Lexicon of Fashion opening September 18 will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the museums Costume Institute and explore a modern vocabulary of American fashionPart two In America An Anthology of Fashion will open in the museums popular American Wing period rooms on May 5 2022 and will explore American fashion with collaborations with film directors by presenting narratives that relate to the complex and layered histories of those spacesBoth parts will close on September 5 2022Filmmaker Melina Matsoukas has been commissioned to create an openended film to project in the galleries with content changing during the course of the exhibitionAs reported by Fox News there was no immediate word on who the celebrity hosts or chairs would be for the galas The event traditionally features a heady mix of luminaries from fashion music film TV sports and other arenasThe first gala in September will be smaller and held in accordance with government coronavirus guidelines The second next May is intended to be larger in line with previous galas which typically hold about 550 guestsThe gala is a major fundraiser providing the Costume Institute with its primary source of funding In 2020 the gala was cancelled but fans were invited to engage in a social media challenge to recreate favourite redcarpet looksFashion is both a harbinger of cultural shifts and a record of the forces beliefs and events that shape our lives This twopart exhibition will consider how fashion reflects evolving notions of identity in America and will explore a multitude of perspectives through presentations that speak to some of the complexities of history with powerful immediacy Max Hollein director of the Met said in a statementPer Fox News In addition to Matsoukas other confirmed collaborators from the film world include cinematographer Bradford Young whose projects have included Selma and When They See Us production designers Nathan Crowley and Shane Valentino and Franklin Leonard film executive and founder of The Black List a listing of top unproduced screenplaysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever