Monday's Art Notes

-- _Joint art works by Hungarian artist Pal Sarkozy, the father of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and German artist Werner Hornung, entitled "Portrait NS - Nicolas Sarkozy" and "Portrait CBS -Carla Bruni Sarkozy," are on exhibit at the_ "Abigail Gallery":http://www.abigail.hu/ _in Budapest. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedka/AFP/Getty Images.)_ * Iran says it will cut all ties with the British Museum because of "a dispute over the loan of an ancient Babylonian artifact called the Cyrus Cylinder":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/08/AR2010020801387.html, which is known as the oldest existing document about human rights. * In Switzerland, "live opera performances on television are a big hit":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/arts/music/07opera.html. * Wall Street Journal critic Terry Teachout looks back at a time "when Americans also loved watching high-brow art on TV":http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704259304575043220294485734.html. * One performance that a lot of Americans did watch Sunday night was a 12-minute medley of hits by the rock band the Who, who played this year's Super Bowl halftime show. The New York Times had "this review":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/sports/football/08who.html, while the Chicago Sun Times "was a little less generous":http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/2035021,CST-FTR-who08.article.