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, 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.

National Endowment for the Humanities awards $75.1m to 84 projects across the US (The Art Newspaper)

National Endowment for the Humanities awards $75.1m to 84 projects across the US (The Art Newspaper)

Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award (The Art Newspaper)

Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award (The Art Newspaper)

United States Artists reveals its fellows for 2026 (The Art Newspaper)

United States Artists reveals its fellows for 2026 (The Art Newspaper)