The annual fundraiser, which supports the museum’s Costume Institute, raised a record $42 million this year, with individual tickets reportedly priced at $100,000. The evening was tied to the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition “Costume Art,” which places garments from the Institute alongside works from the Met’s wider collection. Beyoncé attended the gala for the first time in a decade, while other guests interpreted the “Fashion is Art” brief in custom, couture looks. The spectacle also drew criticism over billionaire sponsorship, particularly from main sponsors Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, amid broader scrutiny of tech billionaires’ proximity to Trump’s second administration.