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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.

 

 

Elena Goukassian Arts & History Writer
US judge rejects Nazi-loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting owned by Japanese company (The Art Newspaper)
Jun 6

Jun 6 US judge rejects Nazi-loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting owned by Japanese company (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, History, Visual Art
New arts complex to open in Philadelphia with help from Theaster Gates (The Art Newspaper)
Jun 4

Jun 4 New arts complex to open in Philadelphia with help from Theaster Gates (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Penn State university's art museum reopens in new $85m building that seeks to blend art with nature (The Art Newspaper)
May 31

May 31 Penn State university's art museum reopens in new $85m building that seeks to blend art with nature (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Architecture, Visual Art
Officials in New York return antiquities worth $14m to Pakistan (The Art Newspaper)
May 24

May 24 Officials in New York return antiquities worth $14m to Pakistan (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Archaeology, History
Woman sues Walker Art Center after being told she could not breastfeed in a gallery (The Art Newspaper)
May 20

May 20 Woman sues Walker Art Center after being told she could not breastfeed in a gallery (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
National Endowment for the Arts awards more than $110m in grants to US organisations (The Art Newspaper)
May 16

May 16 National Endowment for the Arts awards more than $110m in grants to US organisations (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News
Chile returns 400-million-year-old fossils to Morocco (The Art Newspaper)
May 16

May 16 Chile returns 400-million-year-old fossils to Morocco (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Archaeology, Arts News
American Museum of Natural History curator detained at Istanbul airport with 1,500 spider and scorpion samples (The Art Newspaper)
May 13

May 13 American Museum of Natural History curator detained at Istanbul airport with 1,500 spider and scorpion samples (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News
Six galleries turning a school in upstate New York into a collective art space (The Art Newspaper)
May 10

May 10 Six galleries turning a school in upstate New York into a collective art space (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
Jacob Lawrence’s painting series on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture to be conserved thanks to $1m grant (The Art Newspaper)
May 9

May 9 Jacob Lawrence’s painting series on Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture to be conserved thanks to $1m grant (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, History, Visual Art
19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated (The Art Newspaper)
May 7

May 7 19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Books, History
Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery (The Art Newspaper)
May 3

May 3 Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Arts News, History, Architecture
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