Elena Goukassian

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.

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Bon vivant Carl Van Vechten photographed his good friends — Harlem’s legendary artists (Washington Post Express)

Sep 1

Sep 1 Bon vivant Carl Van Vechten photographed his good friends — Harlem’s legendary artists (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian

Visual Art, History, Music, Books

Photographer Irving Penn ‘was very intense in a way that really made you pay attention’ (Washington Post Express)

Oct 22

Oct 22 Photographer Irving Penn ‘was very intense in a way that really made you pay attention’ (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian

‘The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art’ at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates avian inspirations (Washington Post Express)

Oct 30

Oct 30 ‘The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art’ at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates avian inspirations (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian

‘Pop Art Prints,’ at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, proves that Pop artists weren’t shallow (Washington Post Express)

Apr 3

Apr 3 ‘Pop Art Prints,’ at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, proves that Pop artists weren’t shallow (Washington Post Express)

Elena Goukassian