Editing Yaacov Agam (section)

==Artistic career==
Agam's first solo exhibition was at the Galerie Craven, Paris, in 1953,<ref>Exhibition at ''Galerie Craven'', Paris, 30 October–12 November 1953. [[#54mots|Ragon]], p. 33.</ref> and he exhibited three works at the 1954 [[Salon des Réalités Nouvelles]]<ref>[[#54mots|Ragon]], p. 7.</ref>
and at the ''Le Mouvement'' exhibition at the ''Galerie Denise René'', Paris, in 1955. 

Agam's work is usually [[Abstract art|abstract]], [[kinetic art]], with movement, viewer participation and frequent use of light and sound. His works are placed in many public places. His best-known pieces include ''Double Metamorphosis III'' (1965), ''Visual Music Orchestration'' (1989), the fountain at the [[La Défense]] district in Paris (1975) and the ''[[Fire and Water Fountain]]'' in the [[Dizengoff Square]] in [[Tel Aviv]] (1986). He is also known for a type of print known as an "Agamograph", which uses [[barrier-grid animation]] to present radically different images, depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The [[lenticular printing|lenticular]] technique was executed in large scale in the {{convert |30|ft|m|abbr=on}} square "Complex Vision" (1969), mounted on the facade of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in [[Birmingham, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.health.uab.edu/eyes/show.asp?durki=38101 |title=Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital |access-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead | website = health.uab.edu |archive-url= https://archive.today/20020113221759/http://www.health.uab.edu/eyes/show.asp?durki=38101 |archive-date=13 January 2002}}</ref>

Agam had a retrospective exhibition in Paris at the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] in 1972, and at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]] in New York City in 1980, among others. His works are held in numerous museum collections including the [[Museum of Modern Art]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A79&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1 |title=Coordination II, Screenprint | first =Yaacov | last= Agam |year=1975 |publisher= [[Museum of Modern Art]] | website= MOMA.org |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> and the [[Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collection/search?keyword=Agam |title=Portfolio Suite 3, Screenprint |first=Yaacov| last= Agam |year=1974 |publisher=Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref>

He is the subject of two 20th century documentary films by American filmmaker [[Warren Forma]]: ''Possibilities of Agam'' (1967) and ''Agam and...'' (1980).

In 1996, he was awarded the [[Jan Amos Comenius]] Medal by [[UNESCO]] for the "Agam Method" for visual education of young children.

He designed and created the winner's trophy for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999|1999 Eurovision Song Contest]] that was held in [[Jerusalem]].{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

In 2009, at age 81, Agam created ''Peaceful Communication with the World'', a monument for the [[World Games 2009|World Games in Kaohsiung]], Taiwan. It consists of nine {{cvt|10|m}} high hexagonal pillars positioned in a [[rhomboid]] formation. The sides of the pillars are painted in different patterns and hues..<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pwgart.com/2009/03/agam-installation-exemplifies-peace-for.html |title=Agam Installation Exemplifies Peace for Upcoming Kaohsiung World Games |first=Jenny W. | last= Hsu |date=24 February 2009 |work=The Taipei Times |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref>

One of Agam's more notable creations is the [[World's Largest Menorah|menorah]] at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City, sponsored by the [[Lubavitch Youth Organization]]. The {{cvt|32|ft}} high, gold colored, {{cvt|4,000|lb}} steel structure is recognized by the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the "world's largest Hanukkah menorah".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://manhattan.about.com/od/eventsandattractions/a/hanukkahnewyork.htm |title=Hanukkah Events in New York City |first=Pamela | last= Skillings |publisher= | website = About.com |access-date=22 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075441/http://manhattan.about.com/od/eventsandattractions/a/hanukkahnewyork.htm |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Margolin| first=Dovid| date= January 1, 2017|title=The Woman Behind the Fifth Avenue Menorah| work= Chabad.org |url= https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3545011/jewish/The-Woman-Behind-the-Fifth-Avenue-Menorah.htm| access-date=Nov 28, 2021}}</ref>

In May 2014, Agam's piece ''Faith- Visual Pray'' was presented to [[Pope Francis]] by [[El Al Israel Airlines]]'s president, David Maimon. The piece included significant symbols of both Jewish and Christian faiths.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/29/exclusive-israeli-artist-yaacov-agam-explains-jewish-kinetic-rainbow-painting-presented-to-pope-francis/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Israeli Artist Yaacov Agam Explains Jewish Kinetic Rainbow Painting Presented to Pope Francis |date=29 May 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014 |website=The Algemeiner }}</ref>

Agam's work commands the highest prices of any Israeli artist. In a [[Sotheby's]] New York auction in November 2009, when his ''4 Themes Contrepoint'' was sold for $326,500, he said: "This does not amaze me … my prices will go up, in keeping with the history I made in the art world."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/art-work-by-israel-s-yaacov-agam-sells-for-record-breaking-sum-in-n-y-1.331532 |title= Art work by Israel's Yaacov Agam sells for record-breaking sum in N.Y. In an auction organized by Sotheby's, 'Growth' sets a new high for sales price received by any Israeli artist in history |first=Avital | last= Burg |date=20 December 2010 |publisher= | work= Haaretz |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref>

In 2018, the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (YAMA) opened in the artist's hometown of [[Rishon LeZion]], Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.israel21c.org/yaacov-agam-museum-of-art-opens-in-rishon-lezion/| title=Yaacov Agam Museum of Art opens in Rishon LeZion| last= Leichman| first=Abigail Klein |website= Israel21c.org |date=22 January 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref> Agam told the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'' that it is "the only museum in the world that is dedicated to art in motion."<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Agam-Museum-in-Rishon-Lezion-celebrates-renowned-Israeli-artist-532968|title=Agam Museum in Rishon Lezion celebrates renowned Israeli artist|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post &#124; Jpost.com| access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

<gallery class="center">
File:Dizingoff Square.JPG|Fountain in [[Dizengoff Square]] in Tel Aviv
File:Yaacov Agam sheba.jpg|Work by Agam at the [[Sheba Medical Center]], Israel
File:Dan Hotel Tel Aviv 20120916 01.jpg|Facade of Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv
File:Agam - Eighteen levels.jpg|''Eighteen Levels'' (1971)
File:Worlds_Largest_Menorah.jpg|Lighting of World's Largest Menorah in New York City (2016)
File:YaacovAgam_GreenMtFalls_Sculpture.jpg|Work by Agam in [[Green Mountain Falls, Colorado]] (2022)
</gallery>