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.

This autumn’s standout shows in New York, from Modern architecture in Africa to Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles (The Art Newspaper)

This autumn’s standout shows in New York, from Modern architecture in Africa to Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles (The Art Newspaper)

More than just fun and games at the Spring Break art fair in New York (The Art Newspaper)

More than just fun and games at the Spring Break art fair in New York (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)