- a journal of creative ambition

The phrase Art Monster comes from Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation: "My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things. Nabokov didn't even fold his umbrella. Véra licked his stamps for him."

This, my dear readers, was also my plan.

Art Monster publishes weekly.

Art Monster COVER IMAGE for April is 2026 is:
Lily van der Stokker, Motherfucker, 1994, acrylic paint on wall.