Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos will be involved behind the scenes of the 2026 Met Gala.

On Monday, Nov. 17, the couple was announced as the primary donors funding the 2026 Met Gala. Next year’s event is “Costume Art” themed,Vogueconfirmed.

Saint Laurent and Condé Nast will also donate towards the event, which will celebrate the new exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The 2026 Met Gala will mark the first forVogueEditor-in-Chief Chloe Mallewho recently succeeded Anna Wintour after she stepped down from the role she held for 37 years.

The “Costume Art” exhibition at the museum will run open on May 10, 2026, and close on Jan. 10, 2027, the magazine confirmed. The Met Gala funds the Met’s Costume Institute.

Sánchez Bezos, 55, and Bezos, 61, first attended the event together in 2024when the dress code was “The Garden of Time”, inspired by J.G. Ballard’s short story of the same name. The Met’s exhibition that year was titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

At the time, Sánchez Bezos wore a custom Oscar de la Renta gown with a floral, “shattered glass”-inspired skirt. It was partially inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s iconic glasswork, according toVogue. The Amazon founder accompanied her in a classic black tuxedo and bow tie.

News of Bezos and Sánchez’s relationship surfaced in January 2019, around the same time the Blue Origin founder announced his divorce from MacKenzie Scott after 25 years of marriage. At the time, Sánchez Bezos was divorcing her husband of 13 years, Patrick Whitesell.

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Bezos and Sánchez Bezos have not shared how they first met, but sources previously told PEOPLE that the pair struck up a working relationship while teaming up on several projects and “gradually” developed romantic feelings for each other.

The 2026 Met Gala will take place on May 4, 2026.