--- title: The Met Gala is On But “Under Review” Due to Coronavirus description: The Met's annual fashion-forward fundraiser is on—for now canonical: https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-13T17:40:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:22.613Z og:title: The Met Gala is On But 'Under Review' Due to Coronavirus og:description: The Met's annual fashion-forward fundraiser is on—for now og:url: https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd63b524aa3f75b35/698a0b85656a3f1972bd9cff/MetGala2020.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Met Gala is On But 'Under Review' Due to Coronavirus twitter:description: The Met's annual fashion-forward fundraiser is on—for now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd63b524aa3f75b35/698a0b85656a3f1972bd9cff/MetGala2020.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 2020 Met Gala Is Still On For Now, But Under Review Due to Coronavirus by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 13, 2020 5:40 PM UTC  Lady Gaga attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. Lady Gaga attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 13, 2020 5:40 PM UTC The Met’s annual fashion-forward fundraiser is still on—for now. In response to the [coronavirus pandemic](https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/), New York state has banned gatherings of over 500 people and many of New York City’s cultural institutions have closed their doors to help fight the spread of the [disease](https://time.com/5802154/carona-virus-testing-questions/). That includes The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which shuttered all three of its locations. However, The Met, as it’s known, has not yet cancelled its [Met Gala](https://time.com/5578361/why-wasnt-rihanna-at-met-gala-2019/), which has traditionally been held on the first Monday in May. While it is most likely only a matter of time before many more [events are rescheduled](https://time.com/5801956/events-canceled-coronavirus/), as of now, the 2020 Met Gala is still on. “Right now all museum events are cancelled through April 3\. Given the uncertain public health environment, we will review on a rolling basis which museum events beyond April 3 will be cancelled or postponed,” Nancy Chilton, the chief external relations officer of the Met’s Costume Institute, [told _The Cut_](https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/coronavirus-or-no-coronavirus-the-met-gala-is-still-on.html) in a statement. “We are hoping for the best, but public health and safety are our first priorities.” If the Met Gala is cancelled or postponed to help prevent the spread of the [COVID-19](https://time.com/5802293/coronavirus-covid19-singapore-hong-kong-taiwan/), it would join other events like SXSW, the Tribeca Film Festival, and Coachella that have closed to help prevent transmission of the virus. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/"},"headline":"The 2020 Met Gala Is Still On For Now, But Under Review Due to Coronavirus","datePublished":"2020-03-13T17:40:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:22.613Z","description":"The Met's annual fashion-forward fundraiser is on—for now","url":"https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala","Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd63b524aa3f75b35/698a0b85656a3f1972bd9cff/MetGala2020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd63b524aa3f75b35/698a0b85656a3f1972bd9cff/MetGala2020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Arrivals","caption":"Met Gala 2020","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5802670/met-gala/","name":"The 2020 Met Gala Is Still On For Now, But Under Review Due to Coronavirus"}}]}] ```