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.

 

 

Sacred Ethiopia, from Medieval icons to Haile Selassie’s cloak (The Art Newspaper)

Sacred Ethiopia, from Medieval icons to Haile Selassie’s cloak (The Art Newspaper)

Naked ambition: nudist group hopes to build a Miami Beach museum (The Art Newspaper)

Naked ambition: nudist group hopes to build a Miami Beach museum (The Art Newspaper)

Mark Bradford wins $500,000 Getty Prize (The Art Newspaper)

Mark Bradford wins $500,000 Getty Prize (The Art Newspaper)