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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
Inside The Incredible Underground Garden That Grows Greens & Herbs For NYC Restaurants (Gothamist)
Nov 30

Nov 30 Inside The Incredible Underground Garden That Grows Greens & Herbs For NYC Restaurants (Gothamist)

Elena Goukassian
Alternative Explanations: Nick Drnaso Interviewed by ​Elena Goukassian (BOMB Magazine)
Nov 28

Nov 28 Alternative Explanations: Nick Drnaso Interviewed by ​Elena Goukassian (BOMB Magazine)

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Books, Visual Art
The Artists Turning Famous Photographs into Elaborate Dioramas (Artsy)
Oct 27

Oct 27 The Artists Turning Famous Photographs into Elaborate Dioramas (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
News and Trends: Classic Meets Graphic (Poets & Writers)
Oct 10

Oct 10 News and Trends: Classic Meets Graphic (Poets & Writers)

Elena Goukassian
Books, Visual Art, History
Looted Renoir is returned to French heir in New York (The Art Newspaper)
Sep 12

Sep 12 Looted Renoir is returned to French heir in New York (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, History
Le Corbusier’s Special Measuring Tape Is Making a Comeback (Atlas Obscura)
Sep 5

Sep 5 Le Corbusier’s Special Measuring Tape Is Making a Comeback (Atlas Obscura)

Elena Goukassian
Architecture, History
Georgi Gospodinov: Enter the world of the Bulgarian writer taking on empathy, sorrow and stereotypes (The Calvert Journal)
Aug 13

Aug 13 Georgi Gospodinov: Enter the world of the Bulgarian writer taking on empathy, sorrow and stereotypes (The Calvert Journal)

Elena Goukassian
Books
Art Gets Damaged All the Time. Here’s How It Gets Back to the Market (Artsy)
Jul 24

Jul 24 Art Gets Damaged All the Time. Here’s How It Gets Back to the Market (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Which of Picasso’s Muses Is the Art Market’s Darling? (Artsy)
Jun 22

Jun 22 Which of Picasso’s Muses Is the Art Market’s Darling? (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
What’s the Value of an Online Art Crit? (Hyperallergic)
May 31

May 31 What’s the Value of an Online Art Crit? (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News
The Secret Photographer Who Captured Four Decades of Life in St. Petersburg (Hyperallergic)
May 14

May 14 The Secret Photographer Who Captured Four Decades of Life in St. Petersburg (Hyperallergic)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, History
Artist Stephen Powers Creates New Work For Justin Peck and NYCB (New York City Ballet)
May 8

May 8 Artist Stephen Powers Creates New Work For Justin Peck and NYCB (New York City Ballet)

Elena Goukassian
Dance, Visual Art
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