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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
Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator (The Art Newspaper)
Apr 3

Apr 3 Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Archaeologists in Brazil find petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 22

Mar 22 Archaeologists in Brazil find petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Archaeology, Arts News, History
The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 21

Mar 21 The 2024 Whitney Biennial in five key themes (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Film, History, Music
Warhol Museum director Patrick Moore stepping down (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 20

Mar 20 Warhol Museum director Patrick Moore stepping down (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Redevelopment of Modernist complex on Toronto waterfront alarms residents and preservationists (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 15

Mar 15 Redevelopment of Modernist complex on Toronto waterfront alarms residents and preservationists (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Architecture, History
16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 8

Mar 8 16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, History, Archaeology, Music
Jewel was meant for Crystal Bridges: the singer will create an ‘art experience’ at the Arkansas museum (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 7

Mar 7 Jewel was meant for Crystal Bridges: the singer will create an ‘art experience’ at the Arkansas museum (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Music, Arts News
New documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 5

Mar 5 New documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Film, Visual Art, History
Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 4

Mar 4 Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Winning by a whisker: the rodents of Sharif Farrag’s Rat Race face off at Frieze Los Angeles (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 2

Mar 2 Winning by a whisker: the rodents of Sharif Farrag’s Rat Race face off at Frieze Los Angeles (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Theater & Performance
In pictures: meet Frieze Los Angeles's menagerie of animal sculptures (The Art Newspaper)
Mar 1

Mar 1 In pictures: meet Frieze Los Angeles's menagerie of animal sculptures (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles (The Art Newspaper)
Feb 29

Feb 29 Back-to-front Ford Ranger takes truck nuts to a new level at Frieze Los Angeles (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art
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