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Elena Goukassian

Elena Goukassian is an arts writer based in Brooklyn. Originally from Bulgaria, she grew up in Washington state and lived in Washington, DC before moving to New York in 2017. Her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, DCist, Sculpture magazine, and Washington City Paper, among others.

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Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural History

by Elena Goukassian October 10, 2017March 17, 2018

Hundreds of people came out to attend a decolonization tour of one of New York’s most popular museums.

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5 Things You Can Buy at the NY Art Book Fair That Aren’t Books (or Tote Bags)

by Elena Goukassian September 23, 2017September 14, 2018

It’s called an art book fair but there’s so much more to this annual event that attracts tens of thousands of New Yorkers. Here are our picks of things you might want to track down.

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Underdog Artists and Publishers at the NY Art Book Fair

by Elena Goukassian September 19, 2017September 14, 2018

In an effort to promote the underdog, we decided to focus on booths from the artists and publications that will be their state or country’s sole representative.

Abraham van Westerveld, "Witte Cornelisz. de With" (17th century) (Bonhams, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Dutch Art Museum Chooses to Change Its Colonialist Name

by Elena Goukassian September 11, 2017September 12, 2017

The Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam is named for a 17th-century naval officer who worked for both the Dutch West India and the Dutch East India companies.

B&H Photo Video warehouse workers outside Gracie Mansion at last night's protest (photo courtesy Laundry Workers Center)
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B&H Photo Workers Protest Outside New York Mayor’s Mansion

by Elena Goukassian August 9, 2017March 17, 2018

The demonstrators claim that Bill de Blasio’s administration is complicit in the electronics retailer’s effort to move over 300 jobs out of the city.

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Wood Sculptures Rooted in Politics and Philosophy

by Elena Goukassian August 3, 2017

At the American University Museum, Foon Sham has assembled three vast sculptures from his signature wooden blocks.

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Psychedelic Photographs of Processed Food

by Elena Goukassian August 1, 2017

In a series on view at Ryan Lee gallery, Sandy Skoglund melds classical still life paintings with Cold War–era consumer culture.

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Algorithmic Art That You Can Blow On, Walk Through, or Dance Over

by Elena Goukassian July 19, 2017July 19, 2017

The inaugural exhibit at ARTECHOUSE, a new gallery in Washington, DC focused exclusively on digital art, is both dramatic and quietly poetic.

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A Shadow Puppet Performance Delves into Dementia and Post-Industrial Detroit

by Elena Goukassian July 18, 2017July 18, 2017

Performed at the Columbia Festival of the Arts, Manual Cinema’s The End of TV impressively incorporates shadow puppetry, live actors, video feeds, a live quintet, and lots of cutout paper props.

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An Exhibition That Feels Like Sitting at Simone de Beauvoir’s Desk

by Elena Goukassian April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

From the Desk of Simone de Beauvoir includes an informal archive of the great feminist philosopher’s works, as well as those of her inspirations and the people influenced by her.

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World’s Largest Street Art Museum Takes Shape in Amsterdam

by Elena Goukassian April 3, 2017April 3, 2017

Curator Peter Ernst Coolen discusses his plans for a street art museum in a former shipbuilding warehouse in north Amsterdam.

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On Teaching Native American History Through the Smithsonian’s Presidential Portraits

by Elena Goukassian December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

The Native American performance artist DeLesslin George-Warren is giving walking tours of the National Portrait Gallery’s hall of presidential portraits with a focus on the history of indigenous American populations.

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