Home
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Resume

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
Forget about 11. This concert goes to 70. (Washington Post Express)
Aug 24

Aug 24 Forget about 11. This concert goes to 70. (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Music
The photo exhibition ‘Muchedumbre’ illustrates how Pinochet still haunts Chileans (Washington Post Express)
Aug 18

Aug 18 The photo exhibition ‘Muchedumbre’ illustrates how Pinochet still haunts Chileans (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
'99 A Rock Opera' Hopes Music Can Unite a Divided People (DCist)
Jul 21

Jul 21 '99 A Rock Opera' Hopes Music Can Unite a Divided People (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance, Music
A possessed puppet raises heck at church in Studio Theatre’s ‘Hand to God’ (Washington Post Express)
Jul 14

Jul 14 A possessed puppet raises heck at church in Studio Theatre’s ‘Hand to God’ (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
A new Sackler Gallery exhibit is inspired by cranes at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (Washington Post Express)
Jul 7

Jul 7 A new Sackler Gallery exhibit is inspired by cranes at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Commissions: Aram Bartholl, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, and Amar C. Bakshi (Sculpture magazine)
Jul 1

Jul 1 Commissions: Aram Bartholl, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, and Amar C. Bakshi (Sculpture magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
The DCist Guide To AFI Docs
Jun 21

Jun 21 The DCist Guide To AFI Docs

Elena Goukassian
Film, History
Corcoran Art School Lays Off Over Half Its Faculty, Sowing Discontent and Distrust (Hyperallergic)
Jun 16

Jun 16 Corcoran Art School Lays Off Over Half Its Faculty, Sowing Discontent and Distrust (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News
This Local Photographer Spent Her Teens Following The Smiths (DCist)
Jun 15

Jun 15 This Local Photographer Spent Her Teens Following The Smiths (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Music, Books
See how the British elite decorated their dollhouses, at the Building Museum (Washington Post Express)
May 26

May 26 See how the British elite decorated their dollhouses, at the Building Museum (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
History, Visual Art
The Artist Is The Museum At A Performance Art Procession Through The National Portrait Gallery (DCist)
May 13

May 13 The Artist Is The Museum At A Performance Art Procession Through The National Portrait Gallery (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance, Visual Art
You are the controller in the video game-like stage show ‘Happy Hour’ (Washington Post Express)
May 11

May 11 You are the controller in the video game-like stage show ‘Happy Hour’ (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
Load More

Visual Art       Arts News       History       Books & Literature       Theater & Performance       Music    Film     Architecture       Dance Archaeology

The Art Newspaper Artsy Hyperallergic       The Washington Post       DCist (RIP)       Sculpture magazine       Washington City Paper

 

Powered by Squarespace