{
  "id": 4875791,
  "title": "Controversial designer John Galliano cancels Met exhibition after backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/controversial-designer-john-galliano-cancels-met-exhibition-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:28:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/controversial-designer-john-galliano-cancels-met-exhibition-after-backlash"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Galliano has cancelled an upcoming major exhibition celebrating his work as a fashion designer after it prompted criticism due to his previous conviction for making antisemitic remarks. In 2011, a French court found the designer guilty of antisemitic and racist rants at a Parisian bar. He was also fired by Dior as creative director that same year after a video surfaced of him declaring a…",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Met Gala 2027 Theme: John Galliano Withdraws From Met's Spring Exhibition After Backlash Over Past Racism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/met-gala-2027-theme-john-galliano-withdraws-from-mets-spring",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:25:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}