Metropolitan Museum of Art cancels planned 2027 Met Gala exhibit on fashion designer John Galliano PBS News Hour - The Latest By: Jocelyn Noveck · Associated Press 31 August 2026 at 18:37 Gallianowas fired from the post of creative director of Christian Dior when a series of racist and antisemitic comments from 2010 and 2011 surfaced and went viral, leading to his conviction in an antisemitism trial in France.