Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Marvel Comic, Heritage Joins Contemporary Fray, and More

Am art news for September 23.

The Black Panther. (Photo: Courtesy Marvel Entertainment)
The Black Panther. (Photo: Courtesy Marvel Entertainment)

Ta-Nehisi Coates to write Black Panther comic for Marvel. Turns out, the Atlantic Monthly correspondent is also a huge fanboy. “It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary,” he told the New York Times.

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Gallery show in Dubai shamelessly attempts to cash in on Palmyra destruction.

Now Heritage Auctions wants to be part of the Contemporary and Modern auction game. Fours a crowd though, right?

Staff of Musée d’Orsay strike, taking a stand against proposal that would let the museum stay open seven days a week. France, am I right?

Shepard Fairey tagged his building (probably)–now all taggers in Detroit want to, which is inconvenient. Sucks when “Street art” becomes commodified, doesn’t it bro?

Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Marvel Comic, Heritage Joins Contemporary Fray, and More