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Yaacov Agam

Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist, reclining on one of his works at the Georges Pompidou Art Center, June 28, 2003, in Paris, where his works of kinetic sculpture were on exhibit. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
June 21, 2026, 2:51 pm
Yaacov Agam, pioneering Israeli kinetic artist and Israel Prize laureate, dies at 98
Sculptor celebrated for his vibrant geometric shapes and interactive works created the iconic Fire and Water Fountain in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, among numerous other pieces
By Biranit Goren and Jessica Steinberg
Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist, reclining on one of his works at the Georges Pompidou Art Center, June 28, 2003, in Paris, where his works of kinetic sculpture were on exhibit. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
May 25, 2026, 11:59 am
‘10 Agams in Iran’: The secret story of Israeli and Jewish art in the regime’s hands
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art owns pieces by the iconic master of kinetic art and several other Jewish artists. While works occasionally go on display, most are shrouded in mystery
By Rossella Tercatin
Pioneering kinetic artist Yaacov Agam receiving the Israel Prize on April 20, 2026, at the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 22, 2026, 10:12 am
‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize
Accepting the award in the eponymous museum he helped design ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony in Jerusalem, the 97-year-old creator charms admirers — and a ToI journalist
By Jessica Steinberg
TOI’s Rossella Tercatin and Jessica Steinberg, superimposed over Andy Warhol’s Mao Zedong painting series at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on display in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
Daily Briefing April 2: Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran
Archaeology and religions reporter Rossella Tercatin reports on art collection amassed by Queen Farah Pahlavi and a Passover Haggadah that examines influence of Egyptian culture
By Jessica Steinberg and Rossella Tercatin
Tel Aviv's LGBTQ Center is hosting Winter Pride during Hanukkah 2022, featuring major performers and queer culture on central Tel Aviv stages (Courtesy Tel Aviv LGBTQ Center)
December 16, 2022, 8:43 am
Light up Hanukkah with wintry pride, a record-breaking LEGO menorah and more
There will be more than enough performances, exhibits, screenings and concerts to last 8 days, from the EclectiQueer festival to urban park appreciation, museum tours and beyond
By Jessica Steinberg
Yaacov Agam's iconic fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, August 2012 (Michal Dahan)
December 21, 2016, 7:05 pm
Iconic Agam fountain to be moved from Dizengoff Square
As part of plan to restore Tel Aviv plaza, colorful artwork will temporarily be placed at Reading Power Station
By ToI Staff
The Chabad menorah at Grand Army Plaza, whose candles reach 33 and a half feet in the air, is technically taller than its Manhattan rival. (Facebook)
December 8, 2016, 1:48 am
How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed 2 rabbis in court
A pair of New York Chabad rabbis have been quarreling over the size of their respective candelabras, prompting a rabbinical decision
By Ben Sales
The sculpture in Brender Park was created by contemporary artist Yaakov Agam. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 30, 2016, 9:53 am
From British battles to Bauhaus, touring a century’s stunning Tel Aviv architecture
On a walk through 100 years of development in the White City, track Allenby’s arrival in 1917, visit Hill’s Hill, and see stilts, ‘sliks,’ turrets and portholes
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The CANDLES Holocaust museum in Terre Haute, Ind. (photo credit: CANDLES/JTA)
June 12, 2013, 9:28 pm
Holocaust memorials continue to proliferate in small towns
There are 300 Shoah study centers and museums across the US, and possibly thousands of memorials — with more on the way
By Gil Shefler
Yaacov Agam's iconic fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, August 2012 (Michal Dahan)
From the WebAugust 6, 2012, 2:48 am
Israeli art in Iran’s secret collection
Algemeiner: Modern art collection purchased before the Iranian Revolution by the shah’s wife features works by Warhol, Rothko and Agam
A couple teaches dancing in Dizengoff Square with the Agam fountain in the background in August 2012 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 15, 2012, 12:12 pm
Agam, Agam
Tel Aviv’s famed fountain has been derided, scorned and graffitied — and now it’s being renovated
By Jessica Steinberg
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