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: Shiro Masuyama, Alfredo Barsuglia, and Gabriel Hensche, Björn Kühn, and Anna Romanenko (Sculpture magazine)

Commissions: Shiro Masuyama, Alfredo Barsuglia, and Gabriel Hensche, Björn Kühn, and Anna Romanenko (Sculpture magazine)

Best of DC 2015 (Washington City Paper)

Best of DC 2015 (Washington City Paper)

Puppet play ‘The Pigeoning’ carries a universal message to Artisphere (Washington Post Express)

Puppet play ‘The Pigeoning’ carries a universal message to Artisphere (Washington Post Express)