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Elena Goukassian is an arts & history Writer based in Brooklyn.

Elena writes about art, books, theater, film, music, architecture, and dance. She's also a huge fan of digging through archives and uncovering unusual histories.

Elena’s pieces have appeared in Aperture, Artsy, Hyperallergic, Lapham’s Quarterly (RIP), Los Angeles Review of Books, The Nation, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

On weekdays, you can find her writing and editing stories about museums, historical sites, and archaeology for The Art Newspaper.

 

 

Elena Goukassian Arts & History Writer
Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery (The Art Newspaper)
May 3

May 3 Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News, History, Architecture
Frieze New York's animal art gives fairgoers paws for thought (The Art Newspaper)
May 2

May 2 Frieze New York's animal art gives fairgoers paws for thought (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Frieze New York staff t-shirts show off Atlanta-based artist’s abstract painting (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 30

Apr 30 Frieze New York staff t-shirts show off Atlanta-based artist’s abstract painting (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 28

Apr 28 Fifteen exhibitions to see in New York this spring (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Met Museum signs cultural-property agreement with Thailand and returns two statues (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 26

Apr 26 Met Museum signs cultural-property agreement with Thailand and returns two statues (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art, History
Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 25

Apr 25 Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art, History
18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 24

Apr 24 18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Archaeology, Arts News, History
UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 22

Apr 22 UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art, History
Getty Museum acquires portrait by Neo-Classical painter Sophie Frémiet (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 19

Apr 19 Getty Museum acquires portrait by Neo-Classical painter Sophie Frémiet (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
The Himalayas come to Manhattan for Rubin Museum’s final show in its New York space (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 19

Apr 19 The Himalayas come to Manhattan for Rubin Museum’s final show in its New York space (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
Dindga McCannon mural unveiled at Rikers Island (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 17

Apr 17 Dindga McCannon mural unveiled at Rikers Island (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Tamara de Lempicka makes her Broadway entrance (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 15

Apr 15 Tamara de Lempicka makes her Broadway entrance (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance, Visual Art, History
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