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.

 

 

At 'Mortified,' Adults Share The Embarrassing Artifacts Of Their Teenage Lives (DCist)

At 'Mortified,' Adults Share The Embarrassing Artifacts Of Their Teenage Lives (DCist)

2015 Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide (Washington City Paper)

2015 Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide (Washington City Paper)

Artist Lara Baladi helps unravel the mysteries of her 29-foot-long tapestry ‘Oum el Dounia,’ on view at Sackler (Washington Post Express)

Artist Lara Baladi helps unravel the mysteries of her 29-foot-long tapestry ‘Oum el Dounia,’ on view at Sackler (Washington Post Express)