Elena Goukassian

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.

You won’t find these toys under the tree, but you can see them at the National Museum of American History (Washington Post Express)

Dec 3

Dec 3 You won’t find these toys under the tree, but you can see them at the National Museum of American History (Washington Post Express)

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Artist Caroline Paquita’s prints are all over a new display of zines (Washington Post Express)

Nov 25

Nov 25 Artist Caroline Paquita’s prints are all over a new display of zines (Washington Post Express)

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Visual Art, Books

Sinatramania takes hold at the National Museum of American History (Washington Post Express)

Nov 25

Nov 25 Sinatramania takes hold at the National Museum of American History (Washington Post Express)

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Music, History, Film

"Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today" at National Museum of Women in the Arts, Reviewed (Washington City Paper)

Nov 20

Nov 20 "Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today" at National Museum of Women in the Arts, Reviewed (Washington City Paper)

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrates women artists in ‘Pathmakers’ (Washington Post Express)

Nov 12

Nov 12 The National Museum of Women in the Arts celebrates women artists in ‘Pathmakers’ (Washington Post Express)

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This Virginia Artist Paints With Acrylics, And A Robot (DCist)

Nov 9

Nov 9 This Virginia Artist Paints With Acrylics, And A Robot (DCist)

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This local photographer makes beauty out of broken glass and cracks in the sidewalk (Washington Post Express)

Nov 4

Nov 4 This local photographer makes beauty out of broken glass and cracks in the sidewalk (Washington Post Express)

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Tawaraya Sotatsu’s art inspired many — once it was saved from oblivion (Washington Post Express)

Oct 29

Oct 29 Tawaraya Sotatsu’s art inspired many — once it was saved from oblivion (Washington Post Express)

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Visual Art, History

"CO-EXIST" At Otis Street Arts Project (Washington City Paper)

Oct 23

Oct 23 "CO-EXIST" At Otis Street Arts Project (Washington City Paper)

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Photographer Irving Penn ‘was very intense in a way that really made you pay attention’ (Washington Post Express)

Oct 22

Oct 22 Photographer Irving Penn ‘was very intense in a way that really made you pay attention’ (Washington Post Express)

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As a Swiss museum closes for renovations, some of its masterpieces head to the Phillips Collection (Washington Post Express)

Oct 8

Oct 8 As a Swiss museum closes for renovations, some of its masterpieces head to the Phillips Collection (Washington Post Express)

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'Makers-In-Residence' Let Their Imaginations Roam Free At The DC Public Library (DCist)

Oct 5

Oct 5 'Makers-In-Residence' Let Their Imaginations Roam Free At The DC Public Library (DCist)

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