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Kehinde Wiley Requests to Buy Back Painting Removed by State Department
Trump officials removed the work from an embassy in the Dominican Republic in August, labeling it "woke."
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US State Department Takes Down “Woke” Kehinde Wiley Painting
“Young Artists After Siamesa 1960” (2015) was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic and could be sold.
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Woman Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
The complaint comes in the wake of at least four other public accusations against the artist, all of which he has vehemently denied.
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Kehinde Wiley’s Accusers Respond to Concerns Over Canceled Museum Shows
“Artistic merit, while significant, should not take precedence over issues of moral injury and human dignity,” reads a response to issues raised by the National Coalition Against Censorship.
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Pérez Art Museum Miami Latest to Suspend Kehinde Wiley Show
The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Joslyn Art Museum also halted exhibitions in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the artist, which he denies.
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Two More People Accuse Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault
A petition urging the artist's galleries to investigate the allegations, which Wiley denies, has garnered hundreds of signatures.
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Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault
Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.
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Bronze Public Sculpture by Kehinde Wiley Heads to St. Louis
The piece will be installed at the new campus of Doorways, a nonprofit that helps individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
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Obama Portraits Tour Adds New Stops In San Francisco and Boston
The paintings were set to return to Washington, DC, but will instead go to the de Young Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Looking at Kehinde Wiley and Thomas Gainsborough Side by Side
It is perhaps no surprise that Wiley’s oeuvre is a favorite among curators seeking to inject new relevance into their collection of European masters.
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Stained Glass Portrait by Kehinde Wiley Lights Up a UK Cathedral
Wiley’s stained glass panels swap out the religious figures for contemporary Black subjects.
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Kehinde Wiley Seizes the Throne
Wiley shows us that a Black man can indeed take the place of Napoleon.