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.
Hoet was the curator of the SMAK from 1975 until his retirement in 2003.  The "Over the Edges" exhibition in Ghent featured an installation by artist Jan Fabre, where he draped columns of a university auditorium with slabs of ham.