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The Met’s Galliano Show Is Already Controversial. Can It Be Done Right?
The exhibition will span more than four decades and include a section on his 2011 antisemitic remarks and later return to fashion.
- On July 31, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced its spring 2027 exhibition 'John Galliano: Horizons,' celebrating the four-decade career of British designer John Galliano.
- Galliano was fired from Christian Dior in 2011 after being caught on video hurling antisemitic and racist insults at a couple in a Paris bar, resulting in a criminal conviction.
- The museum stated the exhibition will 'consider how artistic achievement should be understood alongside ethical accountability,' with curator Andrew Bolton addressing both the designer's derogatory conduct and creative accomplishments.
- Critics question the retrospective's timing amid rising antisemitism, while Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who consulted with Jewish leaders, stated 'there is no one more deserving' of this exhibition.
- This retrospective positions Galliano as just the third living fashion figure to receive a solo Costume Institute exhibit, following Rei Kawakubo in 2017 and Yves Saint Laurent in 1983.
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Met Gala to celebrate British designer despite his history of Jew-hatred
British designer John Galliano, who declared “I love Hitler” in 2010, prompting his firing from Dior and a criminal conviction in France, is to be the focus of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2027 Costume Institute exhibition and Met Gala, the museum said late last month.The exhibition, titled “John Galliano: Horizons,” will examine the designer’s four-decade career, making him just the third living designer to receive a solo retrospective at t…
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Exclusive | Why Anna Wintour is 'obsessed' with John Galliano — even if honoring him at Met Gala will make A-listers cancel
Anna Wintour is honoring John Galliano at the 2027 Met Gala because she is "obsessed" with him — even if it means high-profile guests will skip the event, sources tell Page Six.
·New York, United States
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