Anna Wintour looks somber as she attends US Open hours after John Galliano Met Gala cancelation

Anna Wintour looked somber as she attended the US Open hours after it was revealed that her John Galliano Met Gala had been canceled.Wintour's acclaimed Met Ball was supposed to honor Galliano, 65, who made antisemitic and racist remarks in a Paris cafe in 2011, next May with a massive exhibition.However, amid immense backlash over the news, the controversial designer announced via Instagram on Monday morning that 'after much reflection and discussion with all those involved' they had determined that it was 'best for the exhibition not to take place at this time.'Just hours after the announcement, Wintour, 76, was spotted in the crowd at the US Open in New York City.She had a serious look on her face as she watched the match between Tallon Griekspoor and Ben Shelton during the first round of the tennis tournament.The former Vogue editor, who dressed in a green and white collared button-down dress, sat with her arms crossed.At one point, the magazine editor was seen raising one of her hands up to her mouth. She completed the look with big, dark shades and sported her signature straight bob. Anna Wintour looked somber as she attended the US Open hours after it was revealed that her John Galliano Met Gala had been canceled She had a serious look on her face as she watched the match between Tallon Griekspoor and Ben Shelton during the first round of the tennis tournamentIn his statement shared on Monday, Galliano thanked Wintour, along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the museum's CEO Max Hollein and museum curator Andrew Bolton for the 'extraordinary honor of proposing an exhibition devoted to my work.''To have my creative journey considered by an institution that I have admired throughout my life moved me more deeply than I can express,' he wrote. 'I will remain forever grateful for the confidence, care and scholarship that Max, Andrew, Anna and the entire Met team brought to this project.'After much reflection and discussion with all those involved, I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time.' In a statement made via Vogue on Monday, Wintour praised the designer's decision to postpone the exhibit as 'courageous.' 'John’s decision to ask the Museum to postpone the exhibition devoted to his work is very courageous and a measure of the man he is,' Wintour said.'I believe this is the right decision, and both he and the Museum have my full support. His soaring imagination, fed by a lifetime of curiosity and research, is matched by his exceptional craft.'Cut, fit, the evocative line of a bias-cut dress, color - he’s a master of it all. Without one or the other, if his technique wasn’t equal to his storytelling talents, he wouldn’t be the premiere couturier of his generation.' Wintour's acclaimed Met Ball was supposed to honor Galliano, 65 - who made antisemitic and racist remarks in a Paris cafe in 2011 - next May with a massive exhibition. He's seen in 2021 However, amid immense backlash over the news, the controversial designer (seen with Wintour in 2021) announced via Instagram on Monday morning that 'after much reflection and discussion with all those involved' they had determined that it was 'best for the exhibition not to take place at this time' In his statement shared on Monday, Galliano thanked Wintour, along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the museum's CEO Max Hollein and museum curator Andrew Bolton for the 'extraordinary honor of proposing an exhibition devoted to my work' She went on to gush over his talent and said that his 'impact reverberates across generations.'In 2011, Galliano's career imploded after a video filmed of him in 2010 at the Paris cafe La Perle in which he slurred insults at two women he thought were Jewish came to light. 'I love Hitler,' he said as the women giggled. 'People like you will be dead today. Your mothers, your forefathers would be f***ing gassed and f***ing dead.''Do you have a problem?' one of the women asked him from behind the camera, to which Galliano sneered: 'With you? You're ugly.'As the footage went viral, Galliano was engulfed in a wave of public denunciations and was promptly jettisoned from Dior. Afterwards, he issued an apology for 'allowing myself to be seen to be behaving in the worst possible light.' He also claimed that he was so drunk that he was unable to remember the encounter. Galliano was convicted in France in September 2011 of making racist and antisemitic remarks during two separate bibulous outings at La Perle, after which his Legion of Honor was rescinded and he was fired from his own self-named brand. He spent years making amends, apologizing and working with Jewish figures, and in 2014, he returned to the fashion world by becoming creative director of Maison Margiela. In his statement shared on Monday, Galliano said that he 'remains fully accountable' for the hurt he had caused in the past to both the Jewish and Asian communities. 'I remain fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past, particularly the hurt I caused the Jewish and Asian communities, and I remain sorry,' he continued. The former Vogue editor dressed in a green and white collared button-down dress as she attended the US Open on Monday, hours after the announcement'I understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition or a single public gesture.'It is a continuing responsibility, demonstrated through listening, learning and one's conduct over time.'The designer also said he 'recognized' and 'respected' that the exhibition honoring his work would be 'painful for some.'The theme was announced last month. In Wintour's initial announcement of the exhibition, she insisted that 'his career wasn't defined by a moment' and that the 'darkness in John's past' would be addressed by the exhibition accompanying the event, via Vogue.But immediately, the announcement sparked fury. It was only heightened by the fact that the fashion fundraiser is due to be held on May 3, which is also Yom HaShoah, the Jewish day of Holocaust remembrance.The Met Gala serves as a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.The new theme for the Gala has not yet been revealed.