John Galliano's Met Gala 2027 exhibit canceled amid renewed outcry over racist comments

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Set us as preferred Luxury fashion designer John Galliano pays the price, once again, for the antisemitic and racist outbursts that led to his ouster from Christian Dior more than a decade ago.New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that it will no longer move forward with “John Galliano: Horizons,” the retrospective exhibit set to be at the center of the annual, star-studded Met Gala in 2027.

The Met Gala is overseen by fashion luminary Anna Wintour.“After much reflection and discussion with The Met and all those involved, I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time,” Galliano, 65, said in a news release.

The designer also referenced the controversies that upended his professional career and earned him a criminal record in Paris.Galliano faced backlash in 2010 and 2011 for two separate incidents in which he made antisemitic and anti-Asian comments.

In 2011, the designer was convicted in Paris for his antisemitic comments, leaving him with a criminal record.The court declared at the time that it believed the designer, who has spoken about his struggles with addiction, was “generally, neither racist nor anti-Semitic and did not deserve a prison term.” Hollywood Inc.

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25.The Met officially pulled the plug on the Galliano exhibit exactly a month after unveiling “John Galliano: Horizons” in July.In a news release published earlier this summer, the museum lauded Galliano as “one of the most inventive and influential designers of the past four decades.” The exhibit was set to celebrate the “full breadth” of Galliano’s career from his time at Givenchy and Dior to Maiso...