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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
Commissions: Amy Franceschini and Futurefarmers and Steven Siegel (Sculpture magazine)
Jan 1

Jan 1 Commissions: Amy Franceschini and Futurefarmers and Steven Siegel (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
Taking its cues from Eastern European folk music, Gogol Bordello tears down the walls (Washington Post Express)
Dec 27

Dec 27 Taking its cues from Eastern European folk music, Gogol Bordello tears down the walls (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Music
Commissions: Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Ugo Rondinone, and Daniel Silver (Sculpture magazine)
Dec 1

Dec 1 Commissions: Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Ugo Rondinone, and Daniel Silver (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Commissions: Thomas Brezing, Jodie Carey, and Los Carpinteros (Sculpture magazine)
Nov 1

Nov 1 Commissions: Thomas Brezing, Jodie Carey, and Los Carpinteros (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
Commissions: Corwyn Lund, Heather and Ivan Morison, and Mike Kelley (Sculpture magazine)
Oct 1

Oct 1 Commissions: Corwyn Lund, Heather and Ivan Morison, and Mike Kelley (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Architecture
Trashy Magazines (Washington Post Express)
Sep 19

Sep 19 Trashy Magazines (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Books
Materials and Meaning: Recent Site-Specific Public Art (Sculpture magazine)
Sep 1

Sep 1 Materials and Meaning: Recent Site-Specific Public Art (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Commissions: Phil Allard, HeHe, and Hans Kalliwoda (Sculpture magazine)
Jul 1

Jul 1 Commissions: Phil Allard, HeHe, and Hans Kalliwoda (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
Commissions: Hermann Josef Hack, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, and Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany, and Pau Garcia (Sculpture magazine)
Jun 1

Jun 1 Commissions: Hermann Josef Hack, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, and Octavi Serra, Mateu Targa, Daniel Llugany, and Pau Garcia (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
Commissions: Inges Idee, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, and Seyed Alavi (Sculpture magazine)
May 1

May 1 Commissions: Inges Idee, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, and Seyed Alavi (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
Commissions: H3T architekti, Andy Goldsworthy, and Mark Dion (Sculpture magazine)
Apr 1

Apr 1 Commissions: H3T architekti, Andy Goldsworthy, and Mark Dion (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Architecture
Idealism and Irony: Political Public Art in Europe (Sculpture magazine)
Mar 1

Mar 1 Idealism and Irony: Political Public Art in Europe (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
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