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.

 

 

Testing Human Perception with Uncannily Kinetic Body Parts (Hyperallergic)

Testing Human Perception with Uncannily Kinetic Body Parts (Hyperallergic)

Tracing IKEA Chairs to Their Modernist Roots (Hyperallergic)

Tracing IKEA Chairs to Their Modernist Roots (Hyperallergic)

Staten Islanders Defend Columbus at Final Hearing on NYC Monuments (Hyperallergic)

Staten Islanders Defend Columbus at Final Hearing on NYC Monuments (Hyperallergic)