{
  "id": 4725141,
  "title": "John Galliano withdraws from Met Gala show in his honor in wake of backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/john-galliano-withdraws-from-met-gala-show-in-his-honor-in-wake-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:51:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/leisure/2026-09-01/ty-article/.premium/john-galliano-withdraws-from-met-gala-show-in-his-honor-in-wake-of-backlash/000001a0-5925-d822-a3b8-5b7f12d40000"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "John Galliano, the former creative director of Dior, has withdrawn from a planned exhibition of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibition was set to be a rare honor, making him only the third living designer to receive a solo show at the Met, and was to open in conjunction with the 2027 Met Gala.\n\nGalliano was convicted in France in 2011 of making antisemitic and racist remarks, including hurling slurs at a Jewish woman and an Asian man, declaring \"I love Hitler\", and saying their ancestors should have been gassed. According to the Jerusalem Post, he stated that he remained accountable for the pain caused by his past words, particularly to Jews and Asians, and recognized that an exhibition honoring his work could be painful for some.\n\nThe decision to cancel the exhibition came after criticism from donors, political leaders, and public figures, including Galliano's biographer Dana Thomas, who wrote that the Met had made a \"serious error\" in choosing to honor him. The Met agreed with Galliano's decision to withdraw from the exhibition.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}