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.

 

 

An Inspiring Performance About the Recipe a Migrant Carried with Her (Hyperallergic)

An Inspiring Performance About the Recipe a Migrant Carried with Her (Hyperallergic)

The Intimate Past and Uncertain Future of Soviet Concrete Architecture (Hyperallergic)

The Intimate Past and Uncertain Future of Soviet Concrete Architecture (Hyperallergic)

Tracing IKEA Chairs to Their Modernist Roots (Hyperallergic)

Tracing IKEA Chairs to Their Modernist Roots (Hyperallergic)