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  • The Loudest Met Gala Yet Joan Kennedy
    The event declared “fashion is art” with an exhibition in a new, dedicated gallery space, a record-setting $42 million in funds raised and the return of Beyoncé. But much of the attention won because of backlash against donors Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos.
     

The Loudest Met Gala Yet

5 May 2026 at 04:09
The event declared “fashion is art” with an exhibition in a new, dedicated gallery space, a record-setting $42 million in funds raised and the return of Beyoncé. But much of the attention won because of backlash against donors Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos.

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Beyoncé attended her first Met Gala in 10 years, serving as co-chair of the evening.
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