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.

 

 

2014 Fall Arts Guide (Washington City Paper)

2014 Fall Arts Guide (Washington City Paper)

‘Nasta’liq’ at Sackler showcases the most popular form of Persian calligraphy (Washington Post Express)

‘Nasta’liq’ at Sackler showcases the most popular form of Persian calligraphy (Washington Post Express)

Chiharu Shiota’s ‘Over the Continents’ at the Sackler Gallery finds beauty in old shoes (Washington Post Express)

Chiharu Shiota’s ‘Over the Continents’ at the Sackler Gallery finds beauty in old shoes (Washington Post Express)