Met Cancels Galliano Exhibition After Backlash

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John Galliano has cancelled a planned exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art after criticism over his past antisemitic and racist abuse. The exhibition, titled “John Galliano: Horizons,” was scheduled to open in May 2027 and would also have inspired the theme of the 2027 Met Gala. Galliano announced that, after discussions with the museum and others involved, he had decided the exhibition should not proceed at this time. Galliano was dismissed as Dior’s creative director in 2011 after videos and testimony surfaced concerning antisemitic insults directed at a Jewish woman in a Paris restaurant, as well as racist remarks toward her South Asian friend. A court also heard that he had expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler. He apologised at the time, and his lawyer attributed his conduct to work-related stress and multiple addictions. In his latest statement, Galliano said he remained fully accountable for the pain caused to Jewish and Asian communities and deeply sorry for his actions. He acknowledged that genuine atonement could not be achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition or a single public gesture, but required ongoing listening, learning and responsible conduct. He also referred to 15 years of sobriety and recovery from alcoholism and addiction. Anna Wintour, a Met trustee and Met Gala co-chair, supported the cancellation and called Galliano’s decision courageous. However, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Anti-Defamation League chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt had previously condemned the museum’s plan, particularly amid what Greenblatt described as crisis-level antisemitism. They said honouring Galliano was inappropriate and harmful to the Jewish community. Although Galliano remains influential in fashion and later served as creative director of Maison Margiela for a decade, the controversy persuaded him and the Met that the exhibition should not proceed.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled a planned exhibition honouring British fashion designer John Galliano, which was scheduled to open as the Costume Institute’s spring 2027 show alongside the annual Met Gala. The decision follows weeks of intense criticism from members of the Jewish community, New York officials and others over Galliano’s history of antisemitic and racist remarks. The museum said the cancellation was reached after discussions with Galliano. Museum director and CEO Max Hollein said both parties had decided not to proceed, while Galliano expressed sadness about the decision and said he remained accountable for the pain caused by his past comments, particularly to Jewish and Asian communities. He also reiterated that he was “deeply sorry.” Galliano was once one of fashion’s most prominent designers and served as creative director of Christian Dior. He was dismissed after racist and antisemitic comments made in 2010 and 2011 became public and went viral. He was subsequently convicted in an antisemitism trial in France. After several years of efforts to rebuild his career, he returned to high fashion in 2014 when he joined Maison Margiela, where he worked for roughly a decade. The planned exhibition would have made Galliano only the third living designer to receive a solo show at the Met’s Costume Institute. The Met Gala, overseen by Vogue editorial director Anna Wintour, is one of the fashion industry’s most prominent events, and Wintour has long supported Galliano. The museum had consulted Jewish community leaders before announcing the exhibition, but the backlash intensified. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, a leading critic of the exhibit, welcomed its cancellation, saying that honouring Galliano during a period of rising antisemitism had caused unacceptable pain to the Jewish community. The museum said the May 2027 exhibition will be replaced by another show, which will be announced later.

Fashion designer John Galliano and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have jointly cancelled “John Galliano: Horizons,” a retrospective that was planned to coincide with the 2027 Met Gala. The exhibition was intended to celebrate Galliano’s influential career, but its announcement prompted immediate criticism because of his history of racist and antisemitic abuse. Galliano said, after discussions with the museum, that he had decided the exhibition should not proceed at this time. He accepted responsibility for the harm caused by his past comments, particularly to Jewish and Asian communities, and reiterated that he was deeply sorry. Museum director and CEO Max Hollein confirmed that the exhibition would be replaced by an as-yet-unnamed show. The article recounts Galliano’s rise during the 1990s, including senior roles at Givenchy and Dior, where his theatrical and innovative designs established him as a major figure in luxury fashion. His career collapsed in 2011 after he was filmed making racist and antisemitic remarks at a Paris café, including saying, “I love Hitler.” Dior dismissed him, and a French court later convicted him of public insults based on race, ethnicity, origin and religion, fining him €6,000. Galliano’s reputation was gradually rehabilitated, notably through a 2013 collaboration with Oscar de la Renta arranged with help from then-Vogue editor Anna Wintour. He has since repeatedly apologised and attributed his conduct partly to alcoholism and drug addiction; some Jewish leaders have regarded his contrition as genuine. However, the Yad Vashem USA Foundation condemned the Met’s original decision to honor Galliano, arguing that the museum should apologise to Holocaust survivors and the Jewish community. It said that withdrawing the exhibition did not erase what it called the Met’s moral failure, especially amid rising antisemitism.