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.

 

 

Woman sues Walker Art Center after being told she could not breastfeed in a gallery (The Art Newspaper)

Woman sues Walker Art Center after being told she could not breastfeed in a gallery (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)

National Endowment for the Arts awards more than $110m in grants to US organisations (The Art Newspaper)

National Endowment for the Arts awards more than $110m in grants to US organisations (The Art Newspaper)