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Met Gala Memes That Ate the Rich and Left No Crumbs
Those who flouted the calls to boycott the Bezos-sponsored event were flogged relentlessly online with some of the most creative insults ever crafted.
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Rollicking Protest Against Bezos's Met Gala Erupts in Manhattan
The small but joyful action drew dozens of concerned, costumed citizens in a show of defiance against the Amazon billionaire.
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Met Gala Boycott Message Projected on Bezos’s Manhattan Penthouse
"All working-class people deserve better than what we're getting,” a former Amazon worker told Hyperallergic ahead of this year’s gala, co-chaired by Jeff Bezos.
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“Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” Posters Emerge Across NYC
The signs protest the sponsors of this year’s event, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchéz, and target Amazon's alleged worker exploitation and links to ICE.
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Anna Wintour to Remain Met Gala Chair
The news of her resignation as editor-in-chief of US Vogue has raised questions about her longtime tenure as chair of the annual museum benefit.
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This Year’s Met Gala Memes Prove We’re All Tired of This Shit
The lack of risk-taking and personal flair in this year’s outfits — particularly in celebrating Black dandyism — isn’t even worth our sass.
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No, That Was Not Rosa Parks on K-Pop Star Lisa’s Met Gala Outfit
Amid wild online speculation, it was revealed that the portraits on the black-lace jacket and bodysuit were designed by painter Henry Taylor for Louis Vuitton.
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Met Museum Show Will Put the Spotlight on Black Menswear
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style opens on May 10 as the museum’s first menswear exhibition in over two decades.
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How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”
Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.
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The Most Dystopian Memes of the 2024 Met Gala
Online, parallels to the Hunger Games saga abounded as the lavish display of wealth proceeded amid several international humanitarian crises.
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Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Outside the Met Gala
“No Met Gala while bombs drop in Gaza,” hundreds chanted during a march near the museum.
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Artist Says Met Gala "Ripped Off" His Plastic Bottle Chandeliers
Willie Cole and others on social media saw similarities between his designs and the light fixtures lining the Met Gala entrance.