Met Cancels John Galliano Exhibit

The Met scrapped a planned John Galliano exhibit after backlash over his antisemitic remarks.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art canceled “John Galliano: Horizons,” the planned May 2027 Costume Institute exhibition that was to launch the 2027 Met Gala. Galliano said he decided after reflection and discussions that the show should not proceed because he did not want to put the Costume Institute in a difficult position. The plan drew backlash from Jewish leaders and others over his 2011 French hate-crime conviction for antisemitic and racist remarks made in Paris in 2010. Galliano was fired from Dior in 2011.

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Wrong to celebrateCenter & Right

John Galliano’s antisemitic and racist past makes him unworthy of rehabilitation and public celebration by elite fashion institutions. The people and institutions that tried to honor him were right to face backlash and should be held responsible for doing so.

Unfair old punishmentLeans Right

John Galliano should not lose a major exhibition now over offensive remarks from many years ago. He was already punished for that conduct, so reviving it as grounds to scrap the show is unfair.