Twitter Goes Full Art-Critic Over Obama Portrait: ‘Between Two Ferns?’

Twitter may not know much about art but it knows what it likes, and the official portrait of former President Barack Obama this morning garnered some polarizing reactions:

Kehinde Wiley is amazing and the portrait is great. Full stop.

— Marin Cogan (@marincogan) February 12, 2018

Between Two Ferns? https://t.co/jVTb5m0tyt

— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) February 12, 2018

Kehinde Wiley did a beautiful job with this and I can’t wait to go see it at the Portrait Gallery pic.twitter.com/jdKYQkjWQm

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) February 12, 2018

The likeness is okay. But overall I think this portrait is unworthy of the subject, occasion. https://t.co/0yxBuyzdK7

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) February 12, 2018

Congrats to Homer Simpson on his portrait being placed in the National Portrait Gallery! pic.twitter.com/U8tzs4dNky

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 12, 2018

??? wow pic.twitter.com/DboepNR2er

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 12, 2018

Outfielders are going to have trouble with the new obstacle at Wrigley Field this season. pic.twitter.com/EEjRu8HOsb

— Dan McQuade (@dhm) February 12, 2018

no idea why the artist put Obama in the hedge maze from THE SHINING but whatever I don’t get modern art anyway. https://t.co/nZZRzssr18

— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) February 12, 2018

wait no sean wat are you doing pic.twitter.com/bLABp3wq4E

— delrayser (@delrayser) February 12, 2018

This is the America liberals want.

(By the way, look how big Barack’s hands are.) pic.twitter.com/hfDKxeX9Jn

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) February 12, 2018

pic.twitter.com/BVvytJoe7Y

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 12, 2018

This may or may not have been the inspiration for @BarackObama‘s official portrait: pic.twitter.com/d9yJTYImm7

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) February 12, 2018

Gentlemen, start your Homer gifs. https://t.co/824c3XqMms

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 12, 2018

And, of course…

so i guess we can add portrait/art critic to the list of things that twitter is an expert in

— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 12, 2018

Oh I see, everyone on Twitter is a qualified art critic today. Got it.

— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) February 12, 2018

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