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.

 

 

The DCist Guide To The 2017 Washington Jewish Film Festival
Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)

Revisit a time when mail delivered by trolley cars was the best way to communicate (Washington Post Express)
All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)

All of Union Market’s a stage for the daring dancers of BalletX (Washington Post Express)