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.

 

 

Commissions: Futurefarmers and New Orleans Airlift (Sculpture magazine)

Commissions: Futurefarmers and New Orleans Airlift (Sculpture magazine)

From Michelangelo to Marden, Seven Fierce Fistfights from Art History (Hyperallergic)

From Michelangelo to Marden, Seven Fierce Fistfights from Art History (Hyperallergic)

More Than a Year After the Dissolution of the Corcoran, Its Art School Still Struggles in a New Home (Hyperallergic)

More Than a Year After the Dissolution of the Corcoran, Its Art School Still Struggles in a New Home (Hyperallergic)