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.

Drawings by Willem de Kooning, the ‘last Old Master’, take centre stage in Chicago show (The Art Newspaper)

Drawings by Willem de Kooning, the ‘last Old Master’, take centre stage in Chicago show (The Art Newspaper)

The 2026 Whitney Biennial in five key themes (The Art Newspaper)

The 2026 Whitney Biennial in five key themes (The Art Newspaper)

Getty Center reveals details of upcoming campus renovations (The Art Newspaper)

Getty Center reveals details of upcoming campus renovations (The Art Newspaper)