Galliano and the Met call off 2027 exhibition following backlash

The eight-month exhibition was scheduled to open alongside the 2027 Met Gala, the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition traditionally held on the first Monday in May.

Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the New York City museum’s decision to honour Galliano, who was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts in 2011.

Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the New York City museum’s decision to honour Galliano, who was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts in 2011.

British fashion designer John Galliano has announced the 2027 Met Gala honouring his career has been cancelled over his past racist and antisemitic comments.

After fashion designer John Galliano was convicted of racist and antisemitic comments in 2011, he faced criticism from public figures, which, on Monday, led him to cancel an exhibition of his work set to kick off next spring's Met Gala.

After fashion designer John Galliano was convicted of racist and antisemitic comments in 2011, he faced criticism from public figures, which, on Monday, led him to cancel an exhibition of his work set to kick off next spring's Met Gala.

The reversal came less than a month after the Met announced that Galliano would be the subject of its spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition.

Top fashion designer John Galliano announced Monday he has withdrawn from a planned exhibition of his work at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, following criticism from donors and political leaders over his past antisemitic remarks.

John Galliano's 2027 Met Gala exhibit has been canceled, both he and the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday, following weeks of scrutiny for his past antisemitic and racist remarks.

The British fashion designer said he ‘remains fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past’.

The British fashion designer said he ‘remains fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past’.

The exhibition faced criticism over the British fashion designer's conviction for making antisemitic remarks in 2011.

'I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time,' the top designer wrote on Instagram

Fashion designer John Galliano has announced his decision to pull his planned retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after backlash concerning his past antisemitism and racism. Galliano, who would have been just the third living designer to have been honoured by the Met, was set to be honoured at the museum fr

Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarks The controversial fashion designer John Galliano announced on Monday that an exhibition honoring his work that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had scheduled to open for the upcoming spring’s Met Gal

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is cancelling its planned exhibit honouring British designer John Galliano, which had led to severe backlash in the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer's past antisemitic and racist statements.

The John Galliano-themed Met Gala has been canceled after fierce backlash, it was announced Monday.

Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the Met’s decision to honor Galliano, a fashion designer who was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is no longer moving forward with its planned retrospective for John Galliano that would’ve run from May 9, 2027 to Jan. 9 2028 and served as the theme of next year’s Met Gala. Galliano, who would have been only the third living fashion designer to be feted by the Met…

The designer announced on Instagram that he will no longer be the subject of the annual Costume Institute exhibit.