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.

 

 

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

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

Obama Portraits Bring Record Traffic to National Portrait Gallery (Hyperallergic)

Obama Portraits Bring Record Traffic to National Portrait Gallery (Hyperallergic)

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

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