Only tomorrow's art will be more up to the minute than the work exhibited here.

Jan Hoet is a name to conjure with in the art world - he is both feted and reviled. He was the manager of the world-famous exhibition Documenta IX in Kassel and that was right up his street, because he personifies what is typified by contemporary art. He fought for years to achieve such a museum of contemporary art in his own city and in 1999 he achieved it in the shape of S.M.A.K. The former casino has become more than a museum, providing a space where the artist and the visitor can enter into dialogue with each other, without lifeless objects on a wall; where live performances are put on and the artists create their work on the spot. There are even dance parties and events.