The Met Gala is returning – with 'more intimate' version this year, larger one next year Toggle share menu Advertisement The Met Gala is returning – with 'more intimate' version this year, larger one next year The galas will launch a two-part exhibition, a survey of American fashion to be on view for almost a year. Lady Gaga attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) 13 Apr 2021 08:10AM Share this content Bookmark The Met Gala is coming back. Actually, twice. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Monday (Apr 12) that the annual high-wattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity – cancelled last year because of the pandemic – will return in person, first in September, then again in 2022 in its usual slot of the first Monday in May.