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.

Getty Center will close for a year to undergo major renovations (The Art Newspaper)

Getty Center will close for a year to undergo major renovations (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
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David Nahmad maintains that his Modigliani was not looted by the Nazis (The Art Newspaper)

David Nahmad maintains that his Modigliani was not looted by the Nazis (The Art Newspaper)
Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum (The Art Newspaper)

Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum (The Art Newspaper)