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.

Exhibition at New York's Met examines how Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock's relationship enriched their art (The Art Newspaper)

Exhibition at New York's Met examines how Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock's relationship enriched their art (The Art Newspaper)

Alison Kuo pays homage to Cantonese opera at the New Museum (The Art Newspaper)

Alison Kuo pays homage to Cantonese opera at the New Museum (The Art Newspaper)

Toledo Museum of Art acquires landmark 19th-century photographic series (The Art Newspaper)

Toledo Museum of Art acquires landmark 19th-century photographic series (The Art Newspaper)