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YOUTUBE (CNN) - State Dept. looking to sell US embassy artwork official called ‘very woke’

The federal government may be looking to sell of one of its prized pieces of art that had hung in the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic for over a decade before it was removed last week. The director of the State Department’s Art in Embassies program described the painting by acclaimed artist Kehinde Wiley as “very woke.” CNN’s Jacqui Palumbo reports.

HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - 'Very Woke': Trump Administration Removes Painting By Famed Obama Portrait Artist

The State Department said it’s looking to rid itself of the piece by Kehinde Wiley, a recipient of the department’s Medal of Arts back in 2015.

WASHINGTONPOST (Victoria Craw) - State Department wants to sell ‘woke’ painting by Obama portrait artist

The painting, “Young Artists After Siamesas 1960,” features four models in front of a floral backdrop.

NYTIMES (Zachary Small) - Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley

The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.