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The Met Gala 2020 is officially postponed due to the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.

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BREAKING: The annual #MetGala, scheduled to take place on May 4, has been postponed indefinitely. Tap the link in our bio for more details as they develop. Photographed by @arnold_daniel

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Vogue editor-in-chief and Met Gala chairman Anna Wintour wrote a letter on March 16 where she addressed the postponement of the gala's opening night which was originally scheduled on May 4.

“One day that will not arrive on schedule will be the opening of the Costume Institute's exhibition, About Time. Due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors, About Time, and the opening night gala, will not take place on the date scheduled,” she said.

On March 12, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the annual gala always takes place, decided to temporarily close the doors of its three locations to visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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⁣ We will be closing all three locations--The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters--temporarily starting tomorrow, March 13, to support New York City's effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Museum will undertake a thorough cleaning and plans to announce next steps early next week.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ “While we don't have any confirmed cases connected to the Museum, we believe that we must do all that we can to ensure a safe and healthy environment for our community, which at this time calls for us to minimize gatherings while maintaining the cleanest environment possible. We look forward to soon announcing when we'll be able to welcome our staff and visitors back to the Museum.”⁣⁣ --Dan Weiss, President and CEO⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ For more information on Museum response, policies, and event cancellations, visit the link in our bio.

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According to the statement, “We will be closing all three locations--The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters--temporarily starting tomorrow, March 13, to support New York City's effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.

“The Museum will undertake a thorough cleaning and plans to announce next steps early next week.”

Nevertheless, Wintour promised a preview of the About Time exhibition in Vogue's May issue.

“In the meantime, we will give you a preview of this extraordinary exhibition in our forthcoming May issue,” she said at the end of the letter.

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