Lieven Van Den Abeele (b. 1957, Aalst, Belgium) is an art historian, writer and curator. He was the editor of Artefactum Magazine (1986-1989); art critic and Paris-based correspondent for the newspaper De Standaard (1982-2012); lecturer at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in both Nîmes and Bordeaux (1990-2011) and at KASK Ghent (2008-2022); education officer at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (2012-2022). He has published regular contributions in various international catalogues and art magazines and has collaborated on Art in Belgium since 1975 (Mercatorfonds, 2001). Lieven Van Den Abeele is the author of monographic studies on the Belgian artists Philippe Vandenberg (Imschoot, 1999), Luc Claus (Ludion, 2009) and Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (MSK, 2012-2022).