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.

 

 

Ahmed Mater’s Photographic “Prayer for Mecca” Documents a Changing City (Hyperallergic)

Ahmed Mater’s Photographic “Prayer for Mecca” Documents a Changing City (Hyperallergic)

Inside the Comics Collection of the World’s Largest Medical Library (Hyperallergic)

Inside the Comics Collection of the World’s Largest Medical Library (Hyperallergic)

A Graphic Novel Tells the Story of David Bowie, Orgies and All (Hyperallergic)

A Graphic Novel Tells the Story of David Bowie, Orgies and All (Hyperallergic)