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.

 

 

18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence (The Art Newspaper)

18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence (The Art Newspaper)

Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey (The Art Newspaper)

Getty Museum restitutes ancient bronze head to Turkey (The Art Newspaper)

UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (The Art Newspaper)

UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC (The Art Newspaper)