Elena Goukassian

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 (RIP), 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.

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Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)

May 17

May 17 Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)

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All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)

May 10

May 10 All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)

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‘The Arabian Nights’ gets a refresh as Constellation Theatre Company revisits one of its very first shows (Washington Post Express)

May 3

May 3 ‘The Arabian Nights’ gets a refresh as Constellation Theatre Company revisits one of its very first shows (Washington Post Express)

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Theater & Performance

These are the three songs E. Faye Butler can’t get out of her head (Washington Post Express)

Apr 14

Apr 14 These are the three songs E. Faye Butler can’t get out of her head (Washington Post Express)

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At the National Museum of American History, artifacts tell the stories of Japanese-American internees (Washington Post Express)

Feb 16

Feb 16 At the National Museum of American History, artifacts tell the stories of Japanese-American internees (Washington Post Express)

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Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters will whisk you back to the boho nightclubs of late-1800s Paris (Washington Post Express)

Feb 2

Feb 2 Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters will whisk you back to the boho nightclubs of late-1800s Paris (Washington Post Express)

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Jason Diamond wrote a book about how director John Hughes saved his life (Washington Post Express)

Jan 26

Jan 26 Jason Diamond wrote a book about how director John Hughes saved his life (Washington Post Express)

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Real human beings in 'Woolf's' clothing (Washington Post Express)

Jan 19

Jan 19 Real human beings in 'Woolf's' clothing (Washington Post Express)

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Theater & Performance

Jacob Lawrence explores the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture in Phillips Collection exhibit (Washington Post Express)

Jan 19

Jan 19 Jacob Lawrence explores the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture in Phillips Collection exhibit (Washington Post Express)

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Visual Art, History

The National Building Museum’s new exhibit will remind you what D.C. used to look like (Washington Post Express)

Nov 23

Nov 23 The National Building Museum’s new exhibit will remind you what D.C. used to look like (Washington Post Express)

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History, Visual Art

D.C. is hosting the first major exhibition of Qurans in the U.S. (Washington Post Express)

Oct 27

Oct 27 D.C. is hosting the first major exhibition of Qurans in the U.S. (Washington Post Express)

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History, Visual Art, Books

Best of D.C. 2016: Your favorite bars and places to drink in Washington (Washington Post Express)

Oct 20

Oct 20 Best of D.C. 2016: Your favorite bars and places to drink in Washington (Washington Post Express)

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