A Banksy Piece Was Shredded At Auction In 2018. Now, It May Sell For Millions More
After selling for $1.4 million three years ago, the half-destroyed piece is going back up for sale with big expectations.
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How A Cotton Sack, Passed Down Over Generations, Tells A Larger Story About Slavery
In her new book, All That She Carried, historian Tiya Miles tells the story of an enslaved woman who, upon hearing her child was to be sold off, hastily packed her a bag with a few personal items.
This Kid Just Put Everyone Else's Pandemic Hobby Game To Shame
Over the course of the pandemic many of us have taken up (and often dropped...) new hobbies to past the time. But Brigitte Xie has taken it to a whole new level.
'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human
The nation's first Native American poet laureate has a new memoir in which she tells her own story — as well as the story of her sixth-generation grandfather, who was forced from his ancestral land.
X-Rays And Infrared Reveal The Story Of The 1st Internationally Known Black Painter
Born in Pittsburgh in 1859, Henry Ossawa Tanner moved to Paris, where he found "nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears." Recent conservation work explores his artistic process.
'Into The Forest' Tells Story Of One Family's Escape From Nazi-Created Zhetel Ghetto
While the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising is well-documented, pockets of Jewish resistance surfaced in smaller ghettos across Nazi-occupied central-eastern Europe too. Zhetel is one such place.
Nothing Is Going To Be OK In This Wrenching, Beautiful Story Collection
Ye Chun's new story collection Hao takes its name from a Chinese word meaning "good," or "everything's OK" — but the characters in these stories are sick, afraid, out of time, and anything but OK.
Actor Michael K. Williams, Who Played Omar on 'The Wire,' Has Died At Age 54
Williams, who as the robber of drug dealers Omar Little, created one of the most popular television characters in recent decades. He appeared in all five seasons of the HBO hit from 2002 to 2008.
Jean-Paul Belmondo, The Face Of French New Wave Film, Dies At 88
Belmondo's breakout role in Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" launched him into international superstardom and a career spanning six decades.
Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' Smashes Labor Day Box Office Records With $71.4 Million Debut
The superhero epic rang up a record-setting $71.4 million at U.S. theaters between Friday and Sunday, raising hopes for Hollywood's pandemic recovery.