Jan Hoet
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Jan Hoet (23 June 1936 – 27 February 2014) was a Belgian art critic and curator. He was the founder of Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK; English: City Museum for Contemporary Art).
He was born in Leuven. On 17 June 2012, he collapsed at the airport in Hamburg, Germany, after having a heart attack. On 23 June 2012, Hoet suffered from hypercapnia, and he was being held in a coma at the hospital of Soltau, Germany. He soon returned to Ghent.
Hoet suffered a second heart attack in January 2014. He died at a hospital in Ghent on February 27, 2014. He was aged 77.[1]
Jan Hoet Media
Jan Hoet by the Belgian painter Willy Bosschem
References
- ↑ Jan Hoet overleden. De Standaard (27 February 2014). Retrieved 27 February 2014. (in Dutch)