Whitewall Magazine : Spring 2022 : The Artist issue : Nicolas Party Cover

For the first time, we’re calling our annual art issue the . It feels fitting, and certainly due, given that artists have a greater agency over their practice and careers than ever before. And we—as fans, advocates, or patrons—have more access than ever. Two years into this pandemic, and our increased utilization of technology has resulted in an explosion of avenues to create, show, connect, and collect art. The bittersweet and sometimes brutal reality of life’s fragility has emboldened cultural practitioners to say, “Yes, let’s go for it.” And this spring, we are celebrating the sentiment. We are thrilled to have Nicolas Party on our cover, captured at his studio in New York, a setting that explodes with color, much like his paintings, installations, and murals. Using pastels and paint, his current major solo show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art explores our relationship with nature, and how that’s been depicted in art over time. Party’s curiosity and love of art history is infectious, and his embrace of color is intoxicating.