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.

Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani (The Art Newspaper)

Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani (The Art Newspaper)

Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath? (The Art Newspaper)

Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath? (The Art Newspaper)

Smithsonian’s governing body quietly losing members (The Art Newspaper)

Smithsonian’s governing body quietly losing members (The Art Newspaper)