Kehinde Wiley denied accusations of sexual assault from an artist who accused Wiley of assaulting him while in Ghana.

British-born Ghanaian artist Joseph Awuah-Darko accused renowned painter Kehinde Wiley of sexually assaulting him twice in June 2021. In a Sunday Instagram post, Awuah-Darko said he met Wiley in Ghana at a dinner honoring Wiley at the Noldor Artist Residency,

Darko is accusing fellow visual artist Kehinde Wiley of sexual assault. In a harrowing Instagram post Sunday, the Ghanaian artist alleged Wiley assaulted him twice in June 2021.

Darko, artist-curator and founder of the Nolder Artist Residency in Ghana, has accused Kehinde Wiley of sexually assaulting him twice in June 2021.

After Joseph Awuah-Darko accused Mr. Wiley of sexually assaulting him in Ghana, Mr. Wiley denied the claims, calling them “not true and an affront to all victims of sexual abuse.”

Wiley, who is well-known for his portraits of Black men and women done in the style of Old Masters paintings, famously painted the official portrait of Barack Obama.