Exhibitions: Penélope Cruz and Dua Lipa co-hosts of the Met Gala
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Penelope Cruz and Dua Lipa co-hosts the Met Gala
Actress Penelope Cruz arrives at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival. photo
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The Met Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum is often referred to as the “Party of the Year”. This year she can shine with a special line-up of stars.
Stars like actress Penélope Cruz and musician Dua Lipa are expected to attend this year’s mead gala act as co-organizers.
The star-studded gala traditionally takes place on the first Monday in May at the New Yorker Metropolitan Museum instead of. Vogue boss Anna Wintour, actress Michaela Coel and tennis star Roger Federer are also said to be honorary organizers, as the Museum in Central Park in Manhattan announced on Wednesday.
Often dubbed the “Party of the Year,” the Met Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. The “Costume Institute Benefit” revenue, estimated at several million dollars, makes up the institute’s annual budget, which is now replicated Wintour is named.
This year, the gala is to open an exhibition about the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019. Around 150 works by the Hamburg-born designer will be on display in the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” show.
