The Metropolitan Museum of Art said on Monday that the controversial British designer John Galliano would no longer be featured in an exhibit connected to the Met Gala. The museum and Anna Wintour, worldwide editorial director of Vogue, decided to honour the designer at the Met Gala, sparking increasing criticism.
Following the release of tapes showing the designer declaring, I love Hitler and ranting antisemitic abuse at a café in Paris, Galliano was fired from Dior in 2011 and found guilty of “public insults” based on origin, religion, race, or ethnicity. Next year, Yom HaShoah, a day of Holocaust memorial, would coincide with the Met Gala, which takes place on the first Monday in May.
I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time after much reflection and discussion with all those involved,” Galliano wrote in a statement made public on Monday. “I continue to sincerely apologise and take full responsibility for the suffering brought about by my previous remarks, especially the harm I inflicted on the Asian and Jewish communities.”
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