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.

 

 

This Local Photographer Spent Her Teens Following The Smiths (DCist)

This Local Photographer Spent Her Teens Following The Smiths (DCist)

Corcoran Art School Lays Off Over Half Its Faculty, Sowing Discontent and Distrust (Hyperallergic)

Corcoran Art School Lays Off Over Half Its Faculty, Sowing Discontent and Distrust (Hyperallergic)

See how the British elite decorated their dollhouses, at the Building Museum (Washington Post Express)

See how the British elite decorated their dollhouses, at the Building Museum (Washington Post Express)