Met Gala 2023: Art Meets Fashion

0:00The Met Gala hits on May 4, first Monday as always, with a theme tying fashion straight to art through centuries of pieces. It's the big fundraiser for the Met's costume institute, pulling in a record $31 million last year alone. Expect wild looks on that iconic staircase, inspired by their spring exhibit mixing 200 art objects with 200 garments. Co-chairs include Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Vogue Boss, Anna Wentore, with the host committee pack with stars like Zoe Kravitz, and Sabrina Carpenter. Lead sponsors Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are honorary chairs too, though the museum's tight-lipped on their exact donation. Protests are bubbling up from activists like everyone hates Elon, slamming the billionaire backers with subway hacks and online heat. New York City's Mayor Zora and Mamdani, fresh on an affordability push, says he's skipping it entirely, unlike past mayors who showed. This year brings fresh digs, the new conda-nast galleries, nearly 12,000 square feet off the

1:02Grey Hall, making it easier to flow from. Exhibit to dinner at the Temple of Dendur. Curator Andrew Bolton amps up body positivity with 25 new mannequins scanned from real-diverse bodies, including activists Sinanette Burke, all. Impolished steel for that mirror effect, tickets run $100,000 each, or 350,000 for a table of 10, just 400 guests total. It kicked off in 1948 as a society supper. Now the ultimate star-packed night carpet, cocktails, exhibits stroll, then dinnerware. Even late-comers roll in mid-meal, fashion's elite about to redefine art on that red carpet. That wraps Canada News today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey, with the story.