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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Black Panther and Afrofuturism free at the The Baltimore Museum of Art

Ta-Nehisi Coates—author of Marvel Comic’s Black Panther series, National Book Award winner, and national correspondent for The Atlantic—talks with BMA Director Christopher Bedford on alternative futures unapologetically rooted in black culture and technology. This is the second event in the BMA’s conversation series, The Necessity of Tomorrow(s). The evening features free entry to the ticketed exhibition Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017; live music; cash bar; light fare; Atomic Books Comic Book Reading Room; DJ; comic art and future artifacts activities; Space is the Place screening; in-gallery conversation with artist Bashi Rose on Nat Turner, Black Panther, and beyond.

Seating is limited and first come, first served. Overflow viewing via livestream will be available on site throughout the Museum.

May 17 This event is free and open to the public.

Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218