Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarks
The controversial fashion designer John Galliano announced on Monday that an exhibition honoring his work that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had scheduled to open for the upcoming spring’s Met Gala is not going to go forward.
The museum’s decision to honor Galliano, who was convicted of a hate crime by a French court in 2011 after a series of racist and antisemitic remarks, had drawn controversy and backlash.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Anna Betts.
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