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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
Spooky Action's 'The Man Who' Is A Moving Look At Mental Illness (DCist)
May 17

May 17 Spooky Action's 'The Man Who' Is A Moving Look At Mental Illness (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)
May 17

May 17 Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
History
The DCist Guide To The 2017 Washington Jewish Film Festival
May 16

May 16 The DCist Guide To The 2017 Washington Jewish Film Festival

Elena Goukassian
Film
All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)
May 10

May 10 All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Dance
The Creators of 'Serial' Will Take A Live Audience Behind The Scenes (DCist)
May 8

May 8 The Creators of 'Serial' Will Take A Live Audience Behind The Scenes (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
Which Chicago Indie Band Should You See in DC This Month? (Washingtonian)
May 4

May 4 Which Chicago Indie Band Should You See in DC This Month? (Washingtonian)

Elena Goukassian
Music
‘The Arabian Nights’ gets a refresh as Constellation Theatre Company revisits one of its very first shows (Washington Post Express)
May 3

May 3 ‘The Arabian Nights’ gets a refresh as Constellation Theatre Company revisits one of its very first shows (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
17 Things to Do Around DC This May (Washingtonian)
Apr 27

Apr 27 17 Things to Do Around DC This May (Washingtonian)

Elena Goukassian
Film, Theater & Performance, Music
Pointless Theatre's Pessimistic '.d0t' Entertainingly Blends Sci-Fi With Politics (DCist)
Apr 26

Apr 26 Pointless Theatre's Pessimistic '.d0t' Entertainingly Blends Sci-Fi With Politics (DCist)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
An Exhibition That Feels Like Sitting at Simone de Beauvoir’s Desk (Hyperallergic)
Apr 24

Apr 24 An Exhibition That Feels Like Sitting at Simone de Beauvoir’s Desk (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
History, Books
The DCist Guide To FilmFest DC 2017
Apr 19

Apr 19 The DCist Guide To FilmFest DC 2017

Elena Goukassian
Film
These are the three songs E. Faye Butler can’t get out of her head (Washington Post Express)
Apr 14

Apr 14 These are the three songs E. Faye Butler can’t get out of her head (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian
Music
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