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.

 

 

Commissions: Matthew Mazzotta, Antony Gormley, and Jorge Pardo (Sculpture magazine)
FotoWeekDC keeps things fresh with new events (Washington Post Express)

FotoWeekDC keeps things fresh with new events (Washington Post Express)

A 1960s housewife stirs things up in Quotidian Theatre Company take on ‘Hedda Gabler’ (Washington Post Express)

A 1960s housewife stirs things up in Quotidian Theatre Company take on ‘Hedda Gabler’ (Washington Post Express)