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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
Animating the Art of the Metropolitan Museum (Hyperallergic)
Mar 1

Mar 1 Animating the Art of the Metropolitan Museum (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News
A Compelling New Book Focuses on Work by 33 Women Photographers (Hyperallergic)
Feb 28

Feb 28 A Compelling New Book Focuses on Work by 33 Women Photographers (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Books
Restoring Arne Jacobsen’s Modernist Copenhagen Hotel to Its Original Glory (Hyperallergic)
Feb 28

Feb 28 Restoring Arne Jacobsen’s Modernist Copenhagen Hotel to Its Original Glory (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Architecture, Arts News
Six Houses of Worship Where Artists and Musicians Can Borrow the Basement (Hyperallergic)
Feb 27

Feb 27 Six Houses of Worship Where Artists and Musicians Can Borrow the Basement (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Music, Theater & Performance
William Eggleston’s First Album Is Colored by Dream-Like Improvisations (Hyperallergic)
Feb 26

Feb 26 William Eggleston’s First Album Is Colored by Dream-Like Improvisations (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Music, Visual Art
Delicate and Detailed Paper Sculptures by Chinese Migrants Detained in the US (Hyperallergic)
Feb 23

Feb 23 Delicate and Detailed Paper Sculptures by Chinese Migrants Detained in the US (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
Art’s Gender Divide in 19th-Century Paris (Hyperallergic)
Feb 22

Feb 22 Art’s Gender Divide in 19th-Century Paris (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History, Books
A Museum Offers the Chance to Wander Its Galleries All Alone (Hyperallergic)
Feb 22

Feb 22 A Museum Offers the Chance to Wander Its Galleries All Alone (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News
A New York Walking Tour Uncovers Hidden Histories of Slavery and Struggle (Hyperallergic)
Feb 21

Feb 21 A New York Walking Tour Uncovers Hidden Histories of Slavery and Struggle (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
History
The Story Behind This Year’s Winter Olympics Medal Design (Hyperallergic)
Feb 21

Feb 21 The Story Behind This Year’s Winter Olympics Medal Design (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News
Hiroshi Sugimoto Revamps Hirshhorn Museum Lobby, Includes a 700-year-old Nutmeg Tree (Hyperallergic)
Feb 20

Feb 20 Hiroshi Sugimoto Revamps Hirshhorn Museum Lobby, Includes a 700-year-old Nutmeg Tree (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Architecture, Visual Art
Architectural Wonder at 14 Hotels Made of Ice and Snow (Hyperallergic)
Feb 19

Feb 19 Architectural Wonder at 14 Hotels Made of Ice and Snow (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Architecture, History
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