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.

 

 

Commisions: Diana Shpungin, Marianne Heske, and raumlaborberlin (Sculpture magazine)

Commisions: Diana Shpungin, Marianne Heske, and raumlaborberlin (Sculpture magazine)

A Cherokee Artist Wrestling with Grief, Colonialism, and False Dichotomies (Hyperallergic)

A Cherokee Artist Wrestling with Grief, Colonialism, and False Dichotomies (Hyperallergic)

27 deconstructed boomboxes are playing 27 new songs by 27 D.C. musicians at Transformer (Washington Post Express)

27 deconstructed boomboxes are playing 27 new songs by 27 D.C. musicians at Transformer (Washington Post Express)