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.

 

 

‘The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists’ takes Dante out of Italy and into Africa (Washington Post Express)

‘The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists’ takes Dante out of Italy and into Africa (Washington Post Express)

Creative staging brings 'The Metamorphosis'' insect-like man to life (Washington Post Express)

Creative staging brings 'The Metamorphosis'' insect-like man to life (Washington Post Express)

Best of DC 2015 (Washington City Paper)

Best of DC 2015 (Washington City Paper)