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.

 

 

Who Really Was Roy Cohn? (The Nation)
In Pop Culture and Propaganda, an Alternate History of the Cold War Era (Aperture)

In Pop Culture and Propaganda, an Alternate History of the Cold War Era (Aperture)

How to Make Sure You’re Not Buying a Forgery (Artsy)

How to Make Sure You’re Not Buying a Forgery (Artsy)