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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
John Feffer’s "Splinterlands" Is a Timely and Chilling Dystopian Novel (Washington City Paper)
Feb 20

Feb 20 John Feffer’s "Splinterlands" Is a Timely and Chilling Dystopian Novel (Washington City Paper)

Elena Goukassian
Books
At the National Museum of American History, artifacts tell the stories of Japanese-American internees (Washington Post Express)
Feb 16

Feb 16 At the National Museum of American History, artifacts tell the stories of Japanese-American internees (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
History
Arena's 'Watch on the Rhine' Is Timely But Not Exactly Subtle (DCist)
Feb 15

Feb 15 Arena's 'Watch on the Rhine' Is Timely But Not Exactly Subtle (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
Spring Arts & Entertainment Guide 2017 (Washington City Paper)
Feb 9

Feb 9 Spring Arts & Entertainment Guide 2017 (Washington City Paper)

Elena Goukassian
Music, Theater & Performance, History
Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters will whisk you back to the boho nightclubs of late-1800s Paris (Washington Post Express)
Feb 2

Feb 2 Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters will whisk you back to the boho nightclubs of late-1800s Paris (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Jason Diamond wrote a book about how director John Hughes saved his life (Washington Post Express)
Jan 26

Jan 26 Jason Diamond wrote a book about how director John Hughes saved his life (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Film, Books
Real human beings in 'Woolf's' clothing (Washington Post Express)
Jan 19

Jan 19 Real human beings in 'Woolf's' clothing (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
Ballet And Juggling Make For Surreal Bedfellows At Strathmore (DCist)
Jan 19

Jan 19 Ballet And Juggling Make For Surreal Bedfellows At Strathmore (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Dance, Theater & Performance
Jacob Lawrence explores the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture in Phillips Collection exhibit (Washington Post Express)
Jan 19

Jan 19 Jacob Lawrence explores the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture in Phillips Collection exhibit (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
On Teaching Native American History Through the Smithsonian’s Presidential Portraits (Hyperallergic)
Dec 15

Dec 15 On Teaching Native American History Through the Smithsonian’s Presidential Portraits (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
GALA's 'Goyescas' Offers A More Intimate, Accessible Opera (DCist)
Dec 8

Dec 8 GALA's 'Goyescas' Offers A More Intimate, Accessible Opera (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance, Visual Art
'Moby Dick' Is An Acrobatic And Philosophical Thrill At Arena Stage (DCist)
Dec 2

Dec 2 'Moby Dick' Is An Acrobatic And Philosophical Thrill At Arena Stage (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance, Books
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