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.

 

 

Commissions: Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor, 'Steilneset: Memorial to the Victims of the Finnmark Witchcraft Trials,' Vardø, Norway (Sculpture magazine)

Commissions: Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor, 'Steilneset: Memorial to the Victims of the Finnmark Witchcraft Trials,' Vardø, Norway (Sculpture magazine)

Book Review: "Cashing in on Culture: Betraying the Trust at the Rose Art Museum" (Sculpture magazine)

Book Review: "Cashing in on Culture: Betraying the Trust at the Rose Art Museum" (Sculpture magazine)

Book Review: "Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks" (Sculpture magazine)

Book Review: "Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks" (Sculpture magazine)