Khaleej Times | Dubai-based Palestinian artist brings her work MET Gala 2026

Waad Barakat, Khaleej Times, May 6, 2026

Before celebrities stepped onto the red carpet at the Met Gala, a Dubai-based Palestinian artist was already quietly shaping one of the night’s biggest cultural showcases from inside the exhibition itself.

 

Visual artist Samar Hejazi contributed sculptural mannequin heads for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibition accompanying this year’s gala.