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.

 

 

Penn State university's art museum reopens in new $85m building that seeks to blend art with nature (The Art Newspaper)

Penn State university's art museum reopens in new $85m building that seeks to blend art with nature (The Art Newspaper)

New arts complex to open in Philadelphia with help from Theaster Gates (The Art Newspaper)

New arts complex to open in Philadelphia with help from Theaster Gates (The Art Newspaper)

Officials in New York return antiquities worth $14m to Pakistan (The Art Newspaper)

Officials in New York return antiquities worth $14m to Pakistan (The Art Newspaper)