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.

Writers for Artforum, The New York Times and others win $50,000 Rabkin Prizes (The Art Newspaper)

Writers for Artforum, The New York Times and others win $50,000 Rabkin Prizes (The Art Newspaper)

Metropolitan Museum breaks ground on long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art (The Art Newspaper)

Metropolitan Museum breaks ground on long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art (The Art Newspaper)

Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch to retire (The Art Newspaper)

Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch to retire (The Art Newspaper)