Hi,

Michelle Santiago Cortés is a writer + editor from San Juan, Puerto Rico. I am an editor for Lux Magazine and contributor for New York Magazine’s The Cut. My writing also appears in ArtReview, Dirt, i-D, and more. 📝

I write and commission essays, reporting, and criticism about art, technology, and life online. You can find a selection of my best writing, here. I also edit writing by artists and other “non-writers” as seen in the2025 Are.na Annual and other artist publications.

My latest: For ArtReview, my thoughts on the New Museum’s “New Humans,” a critique on AI rhetorics, and a review Tyler Coburn’s Some Monologues for the Spring print issue. I’ve also been touring a lecture version of my {Empty Set} essay about AI and the Gothic.

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You can also find me on Twitter or Instagram. And if you need to reach me, you can email me at: michelle[dot]santiago[dot]cortes[at]gmail[dot]com (No pitches, please.)

Best,

Michelle