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.

Moca Los Angeles picks longtime public media executive as next director (The Art Newspaper)

Moca Los Angeles picks longtime public media executive as next director (The Art Newspaper)

A friend's ode to Jean-Michel Basquiat privileges sound over sight (The Art Newspaper)

A friend's ode to Jean-Michel Basquiat privileges sound over sight (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)