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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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Watching War and Displacement from Afar

by Elena Goukassian November 18, 2016November 21, 2016

Rachel Farbiarz’s exhibition at G Fine Art features intricate collages of expressionistic drawings that heighten the experience of watching others witness their lives being upended.

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Airbnb’s Two-Faced Relationship with Artists and Art Organizations

by Elena Goukassian November 8, 2016November 7, 2016

As cities and states pass legislation to curtail Airbnb activity, the site’s future as a tool for artists and art organizations both large and small remains uncertain.

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Looking at the Invisible Children Growing Up as Refugees

by Elena Goukassian October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

While many photographers focus on either aesthetics or rigorous documentation, Rania Matar fuses them — and adds a generous dose of humanity for good measure.

The main entrance to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC with the Washington Monument in the distance (all photos by Erika Rydberg for Hyperallergic)
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A New National Museum Conveys the Pain and Power of the African American Experience

by Elena Goukassian September 28, 2016October 4, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — After 100 years of lobbying, 10 years of planning, and almost 5 years of construction, the newest member of the Smithsonian family is finally here.

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Corcoran Art School Lays Off Over Half Its Faculty, Sowing Discontent and Distrust

by Elena Goukassian June 16, 2016June 20, 2016

The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design’s class of 2016 had its graduation ceremony on May 14. The following week, more than half of the art school’s full-time faculty were told their contracts would not be renewed.

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A Cherokee Artist Wrestling with Grief, Colonialism, and False Dichotomies

by Elena Goukassian April 6, 2016April 9, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — Kay WalkingStick has devoted herself to breaking down perceived dichotomies.

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From Michelangelo to Marden, Seven Fierce Fistfights from Art History

by Elena Goukassian January 15, 2016January 24, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — In her ongoing series Le ‘NEW’ Monocle, Shana Lutker creates stage sets and performances based on the circumstances and philosophical undertones of fistfights instigated by Surrealists in Paris in the 1920s.

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More Than a Year After the Dissolution of the Corcoran, Its Art School Still Struggles in a New Home

by Elena Goukassian December 17, 2015December 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — Maeve McCool vividly remembers when she first learned that the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the conjoining Corcoran College of Art and Design would be no more.

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