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.

 

 

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 Art Collectors Can Avoid Online Phishing Scams and Social Engineering (Artsy)

How Art Collectors Can Avoid Online Phishing Scams and Social Engineering (Artsy)

Who Really Was Roy Cohn? (The Nation)

Who Really Was Roy Cohn? (The Nation)