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.

 

 

A New Compendium of Bizarre and Banal Soviet Stuff (Hyperallergic)

A New Compendium of Bizarre and Banal Soviet Stuff (Hyperallergic)

314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library (Hyperallergic)

314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library (Hyperallergic)

A Graphic Novel that Basks in the Aura of Film (Hyperallergic)

A Graphic Novel that Basks in the Aura of Film (Hyperallergic)