Jan, Knight

Ridder (title)

Ridder is a noble title in the Netherlands and Belgium. The collective term for its holders in a certain locality is the Ridderschap . In the Netherlands and Belgium no female equivalent exists...

 Hoet (born June 23, 1936 in Leuven

Leuven

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, Belgium

Belgium

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) is the founder of SMAK

SMAK

The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst is a relatively new museum located in Ghent, Belgium, and is renowned both for its permanent collection and for its provocative exhibitions.The new museum opened to the public on 7 May 1999...

 (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst or City Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

, Belgium

Belgium

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.

Biography

Jan curated Documenta

Documenta

documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...

 IX in Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

 in 1992. Since then, he has managed several important exhibitions all over the world.

In 2003, he became artistic director for the MARTa

Marta

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 museum in Herford

Herford

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 (Germany

Germany

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).

External links

• Museum voor Actuele Kunst
• Website of the exhibition "(Z)ART – curated by Jan Hoet"
• On "Chambres d'amis" Una conferenza di Jan Hoet per il corso History of exhibitions. MACBA (Barcelona), 2010.

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