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.

 

 

John Portman, the Architect Who Made Modernist Atriums Sci-fi, Dies at 93 (Hyperallergic)

John Portman, the Architect Who Made Modernist Atriums Sci-fi, Dies at 93 (Hyperallergic)

The Unsung Portraits of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Hyperallergic)

The Unsung Portraits of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Hyperallergic)

When Encounters Between East and West Go Smoothly (Hyperallergic)

When Encounters Between East and West Go Smoothly (Hyperallergic)