Met Gala unveils new theme after Galliano controversy
The 2027 Met Gala exhibition, titled extraORDINARY, "will examine how design reveals unexpected possibilities within everyday things."
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled a fresh theme for the exhibition accompanying the prestigious annual Met Gala, following the cancellation of a planned retrospective of British designer John Galliano. Galliano's past anti-Semitic remarks prompted the museum to scrap the retrospective, leading to the development of a new exhibition titled extraORDINARY.
The exhibition, running from May 9, 2027, to January 9, 2028, will explore how design reveals unexpected possibilities within everyday items. Galliano, who served as creative director of Christian Dior from 1996 to 2011, was convicted in France for making antisemitic comments to customers at a Paris bar in the 1990s. After serving time and undergoing rehabilitation, he pursued a career at the influential fashion house Maison Margiela until 2024.
In 2026, he began a two-year artistic partnership with Spanish fashion retailer Zara. The Met's annual Costume Institute exhibition, which funds the gala, is scheduled for May 3, 2027.
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