A New York artist named Glenn Ligon auctioned off his painting, which from a distance looks like a blank white canvas.
However, this artist is confident that he will sell it for at least $3.5 million early next week.
Even though it looks like a blank canvas, there’s more to it than meets the eye.
If we get closer to the painting, we can see the text.
The artist notes that these lines are taken from the essay “A Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin – he was a lifelong fighter for civil rights.
This essay deals with race relations, but also tells us what it is like to be a stranger in any situation.
