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The Headlines
WATER FINDS ITS OWN LEVEL.  First, the bad news: The  Cosquer Cave , which is located off the coast of Marseille, France, and filled with prehistoric paintings, is at risk of  being completely flooded  because of climate change, the  Associated Press  reports. The better (though not exactly great) news is that a virtual replica has been created and was put on display in Marseille this past weekend. On a related note, artists  Mark Bradford ,  Andrea Bowers , and  Jenny Holzer  are presenting an  ambitious art show  in Los Angeles this week that aims to draw attention to the climate crisis, the  Los Angeles Times  reports. Holzer is showing her trademark text pieces in a variety of formats (billboards, light projects). One reads, “We have the fundamental right to a livable future.”
GREXIT.  Sculptor  Antony Gormley , who has mounted many high-profile productions in his native Britain ( Angel of the North , for one), said that he is  obtaining German citizenship  in response to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, the  Guardian  reports. “I’m embarrassed about Brexit: it’s a practical disaster, a betrayal of my parents’ and grandparents’ sacrifice to make a Europe that was not going to be divided again,” Gormley said at a press event for his new retrospective at the  Museum Voorlinden  in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. “It’s a tragedy.” The artist, who has a German mother, expects to receive the new passport next month.
The Digest
Two French graffiti artists— Julien Blanc  and  Pierre Audebert , who went respectively by  Jibeone  and  Full1 —were killed when they were struck a train in New York in April. The international graffiti community has been mourning.  [The New York Times]
The  National Gallery of Australia  in Canberra will need to spend AU$87 million (about US$62.9 million) over the next five years on internal repairs and upgrades to its buildings, internal documents show. At the moment, only AU$20 million (US$14.5 million) has been allocated, leaving a “budget black hole in wait for new Arts Minister  Tony Burke ,”  Linda Morris  reports.  [The Sydney Morning Herald]
The  OpenSea  NFT platform has been accused by some users of not doing enough to prevent theft and plagiarism. Its leadership said it is taking steps to combat those issues. “Like every tech company, there’s a period where you’re catching up,” its chief,  Devin Finzer , said.  [The New York Times]
On Friday, police were investigating a death that occurred at the  Worcester Art Museum  in Massachusetts. Additional details about the case have not been reported.  [Telegram & Gazette]
The artist  Lydia Ourahmane  will soon have her installation  Barzakh  on view at the  S.M.A.K.  museum in Ghent, Belgium, a recreation of her onetime apartment in Algeria with 5,000 of her possessions. She does not mind people looking through her stuff, she said. “There’s nothing in my life that I’m ashamed of really, because my life is pure.”  [The New York Times]
Here is a look behind the scenes of the recent (secret!) auction of a 1955  Mercedes-Benz  300 SLR Uhlenhaut for $143 million—the most ever spent for a car on the block.  Simon Kidston , the car expert who helped engineer the sale, said that the winning “client took the view that he would pay whatever it is.”  [Vanity Fair]
The Kicker
TIES THAT BIND.  This past weekend, artists  Luke George  and  Daniel   Kok used rope to  tie up five players  from the  Australian Football League  (Australian rules football, for the uninitiated) to recreate a famous play from a 2011 game, as part of the  Rising  festival in Melbourne. Interviewed before the event at the  National Gallery of Victoria  by the  Guardian , George said that he was expecting “people who are avid footy fans, people who are there because of Rising, and people who like rope bondage—something fascinating can come from creating this space.”  [The Guardian]