The house where Nina Simone spent her childhood is expected to become a cultural center dedicated to civil rights thanks to this auction. In New York, artists auctioned off their works to turn the birthplace of the soul diva into a cultural site, with the support of Venus Williams.
The house, a modest pillared house with entrance porch and wooden plank facades, is nestled on a hill in the small town of Tryon, in a rural county in North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. It was on sale in 2017 when four artists bought it for $95,000 so it wouldn't disappear.