Jan Hoet
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Jan Hoet (1936 - 2014) was a Belgian curator, founder of SMAK in Ghent, Belgium.
Biography
Jan Hoet was born in Leuven, Belgium. Throughout his career, he was often referred to in the press as a former boxer (he pursued the sport in college) and several times expressed an admiration for Mike Tyson. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he and photographer Rony Heirman made some comics together.
His international reputation was first established by Chambres d'amis, an innovative exhibition he organized in Ghent in 1986. In that show, about 50 American and European artists were invited to create works for 50 private homes in Ghent, which were then opened to the public for several weeks. Subsequently, he managed several important exhibitions all over the world.
Hoet curated Documenta IX in Kassel in 1992, presenting several hundred works by 190 artists from nearly 40 countries.
Hoet served as the curator of the SMAK from 1975 until his retirement in 2003. As part of the 2000 Over the Edges exhibition in Ghent, he let artist Jan Fabre drape columns of a university auditorium in slabs of ham. After retiring, in 2003, he became artistic director for the museum MARTa Herford in Herford (Germany) and collaborated with architect Frank Gehry on its design. The inaugural show in 2005 called “My Private Heroes” was an eclectic mix of works by artists including Marina Abramović, Chris Burden, Gavin Turk, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Joseph Beuys as well as history paintings, ephemera and a yellow jersey worn by a Tour de France winner.
On 17 June 2012 Jan Hoet collapsed at the airport in Hamburg. On 23 June 2012, while being repatriated to Ghent, Hoet suffered from hypercapnia and he was being held in a coma at the hospital of Soltau. Hoet was repatriated to Ghent. In January 2014 Hoet suffered a second heart attack. He died in a hospital in Ghent on 27 February 2014 and was buried in the Cemetery of Campo Santo.
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Aldrik Heirman, Alicia Framis, André De Meulemeester, Ann Demeester, Artoll Labor, Aue Paviljoens, Belfius Collectie, Biënnale van Venetië, Bob Mau, Chris Van den Durpel, Collectie Anton en Annick Herbert, Container (televisieprogramma), Curator (tentoonstelling), Danny Matthys, Documenta, Eva Wittocx, Freddy De Kerpel, Herford (stad), Het Lam Gods (gebroeders Van Eyck), Hoet, Hubert Minnebo, Hugo Debaere, Jan Haerynck, Jan Henderikse, Jan Vercruysse, Johan Tahon, Joseph Kosuth, Joyce De Troch, Jozef Mees, Judit Hettema, Karel Geirlandt, Kati Heck, Koen Vanmechelen, Koninklijk Paleis van Brussel, Laura Hoet, Lijst van deelnemers aan De Slimste Mens ter Wereld, LOMAK, Luc Tuymans, Luciano Fabro, Maen Florin, Marcel Broodthaers, MARTa Herford, Merho, Michaël Borremans, Mijn vader, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Nicholas Lataire, Nieuwe Wilden, Panamarenko, Peter Doroshenko, Pink (striptekenaar), Pits en Kaliber, Poëziezomer Watou, Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor Algemene Culturele Verdienste, Raphaël Buedts, Rik (striptekenaar), Robbrecht & Daem, Rony Heirman, Roomade, Rudi Fuchs, Sammlung Hans Grothe, Sammlung Marzona, Schalkse Ruiters, Sonsbeek (kunsttentoonstelling), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Stijn Vanderhaeghe, The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, Troonswisseling in België (2013), Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Villa Vanthilt, Vlamertinge, Walter Vilain, Willy Bosschem, Willy Van den Bussche, Zot van Vlaanderen
See also
- Chambres d'amis (1986)
- Over the edges (2000)
- Thank God for the Gift (2024)
