Yaacov Agam, Israeli kinetic art pioneer and Dizengoff Square fountain creator, dies at 98
Israeli painter and sculptor Yaacov Agam, a winner of the Israel Prize for Plastic Arts, has died at the age of 98. Agam received the award this year at age 97, capping a long career that made him one of Israel’s best known and most successful artists abroad.
He was a pioneer of kinetic art, the movement that incorporates motion and changing visual effects into artworks. His pieces were exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, in Amsterdam, and in France, where he lived and worked for many years.
Among his best known works are the "Fire and Water" fountain in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, "Jacob’s Ladder" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, and the colorful seaside facade of the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. The article does not give further details on the circumstances of his death.
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