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.

 

 

Anthropomorphic books and imaginative characters take on God, museums, and identity crises (Hyperallergic)

Anthropomorphic books and imaginative characters take on God, museums, and identity crises (Hyperallergic)

RIP Cassini: A Space Art Obituary (Hyperallergic)

RIP Cassini: A Space Art Obituary (Hyperallergic)

Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural History (Hyperallergic)

Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural History (Hyperallergic)