Thursday’s Art Notes

A ferry idles past as the Sydney Opera House sails are illuminated by American artist Laurie Anderson for the opening of VIVID Live across Sydney on May 27, 2010. The annual two-week festival of music, film, theatre and visual arts is being curated by Anderson and Lou Reed, and will run until June 11. Photo by Torsten Blackwood/ AFP/ Getty Images

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Former TV personality Art Linkletter has died at age 97, via the New York Times. Linkletter hosted the shows “People Are Funny” and afternoon talkshow “House Party,” which featured a segment called “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” where earnest children were interviewed for comic effect.

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Slate has two questions: Is it possible to design a better stop sign? And, Is street art over? Answers: Yes and maybe.

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Singer Elton John defied hostile Islamists to headline Morocco’s biggest music festival on Wednesday night and received a rapturous welcome from a crowd of thousands, reports Reuters.

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The house of Alexander McQueen has named Sarah Burton, a longtime colleague of the late designer, to be the new creative director of the brand, reports the Associated Press.

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Willie Nelson got a haircut.