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Met Gala to Spotlight Galliano Amid $5 M Fundraiser Controversy

8/1/2026

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Galliano Met Exhibit

Metropolitan Museum of Art will open John Galliano: Horizons on May 9 2027, running through Jan. 9 2028.
Curator Andrew Bolton’s “Bearings” section addresses Galliano’s 2010-2011 antisemitic, racist and anti-Asian remarks, Dior dismissal and conviction for insults, after museum leaders Anna Wintour consulted New York rabbis.
The show, third Costume Institute retrospective for a living designer after Yves Saint Laurent (1983) and Rei Kawakubo (2017), will anchor the 2027 Met Gala and, director Max Hollein says, examine Galliano’s artistic achievement and ethical accountability.

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Galliano Fundraiser

The Metropolitan Museum announced a John Galliano exhibition and gala aimed at raising about $5 million from donors.
A Paris court fined Galliano $6,000 after his 2011 conviction for antisemitic remarks.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was criticized by Jewish leaders after a hate-crime stabbing near a Jewish community center that prosecutors label antisemitic.
Museum patrons warned the fundraiser might reward a designer with a criminal conviction.

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Galliano Met Exhibit

Metropolitan Museum of Art will open John Galliano: Horizons on May 9 2027, running through Jan. 9 2028.
Curator Andrew Bolton’s “Bearings” section addresses Galliano’s 2010-2011 antisemitic, racist and anti-Asian remarks, Dior dismissal and conviction for insults, after museum leaders Anna Wintour consulted New York rabbis.
The show, third Costume Institute retrospective for a living designer after Yves Saint Laurent (1983) and Rei Kawakubo (2017), will anchor the 2027 Met Gala and, director Max Hollein says, examine Galliano’s artistic achievement and ethical accountability.

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