'Very Woke': Trump Administration Removes Painting By Famed Obama Portrait Artist

'Very Woke': Trump Administration Removes Painting By Famed Obama Portrait Artist  HuffPost

The U.S. Department of State reportedly wants to sell a painting deemed "very woke" that was commissioned by the federal government during former President Barack Obama's (D) administration, and taxpayers footed the bill.

President Donald Trump’s administration was so triggered by a “woke” painting that it had it removed. For years, a Kehinde Wiley painting titled “Young Artists After Siamesas 1960” hung in the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic. The piece, commissioned by the federal government in 2013, shows four Dominican models

Administration officials are in discussions with legal representatives to determine if they are permitted to sell the piece of art by Kehinde Wiley

Saul Loeb/Getty The State Department has removed a painting by high-flying artist Kehinde Wiley from a U.S. embassy, with a Trump goon running the agency’s art operation trashing the piece as “very woke” and “aesthetically terrifying.” Wiley, who skyrocketed to global fame after painting Barack Obama’s official portrai