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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
Werner Herzog’s Curious Love Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev (The Nation)
May 24

May 24 Werner Herzog’s Curious Love Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev (The Nation)

Elena Goukassian
Film, History
Women Painters Were the Stars of the New York Day Sales (Artsy)
May 22

May 22 Women Painters Were the Stars of the New York Day Sales (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
“Tuca & Bertie” is dark, surreal and brilliant (The Economist)
May 9

May 9 “Tuca & Bertie” is dark, surreal and brilliant (The Economist)

Elena Goukassian
Film, Visual Art
Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires (The Nation)
Apr 26

Apr 26 Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires (The Nation)

Elena Goukassian
Books, Visual Art
Dissolving Barriers: A Q&A with Flutist Claire Chase (Concert Artists Guild)
Apr 18

Apr 18 Dissolving Barriers: A Q&A with Flutist Claire Chase (Concert Artists Guild)

Elena Goukassian
Music
Can a Computer Authenticate Disputed Artworks? (Artsy)
Apr 4

Apr 4 Can a Computer Authenticate Disputed Artworks? (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Arts News, Visual Art
A brief history of the ball pit (Vox)
Apr 4

Apr 4 A brief history of the ball pit (Vox)

Elena Goukassian
History
The Many Explanations: On Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future” (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Mar 19

Mar 19 The Many Explanations: On Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future” (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Elena Goukassian
Books
American donations shore up conservation efforts in France (The Art Newspaper)
Feb 20

Feb 20 American donations shore up conservation efforts in France (The Art Newspaper)

Elena Goukassian
Architecture, Arts News, History
Time Lords: A history of authoritarian time changes (Lapham's Quarterly)
Dec 19

Dec 19 Time Lords: A history of authoritarian time changes (Lapham's Quarterly)

Elena Goukassian
History
Inside the Artist Residency Program of the World’s Largest Cathedral (Artsy)
Dec 14

Dec 14 Inside the Artist Residency Program of the World’s Largest Cathedral (Artsy)

Elena Goukassian
Visual Art, Music, History
A Roll of the Dice: Lars Jan and Joan Didion’s The White Album (BOMB Magazine)
Nov 30

Nov 30 A Roll of the Dice: Lars Jan and Joan Didion’s The White Album (BOMB Magazine)

Elena Goukassian
Theater & Performance
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