In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the homes and minds of various designers, illustrators and other professionals, to see how they’re coping. Today’s dispatch collects Debbie Millman’s five-part New York City series.
Shortly before the world went on lockdown, artist and designer Debbie Millman crossed the coast from her native New York City to Los Angeles, where her fiancée is based. A couple of weeks later, Millman began a series dedicated to her hometown.
As she writes, “Roxane and I are so happy to be together anywhere, but it’s hard to be away from our beloved city during this time. ‘Ode to New York in the Time of Covid’ is my attempt to celebrate the great city I’ve lived in all my life.”
All told, it’s a kaleidoscopic exploration of a city like no other.
The Jersey City fireboat in New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
View from New Jersey on the “Miss New York” boat
Jeff Koons inflatable sculpture in Rockefeller Center
Tom Otterness brass sculpture in the 14th Street A-line subway
Street pole sign by 100 Days of It’s OK
Manhole cover in front of the Whitney Museum
Art by Brian Singer
Gay Pride parade
Wheat-pasted poster across the street from ABC Carpet
New York City from an airplane
Photograph of me on Staten Island, 1970
Albemarle Playground in Brooklyn
Albemarle Playground in Brooklyn
Brownstone in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan
The Empire State Building celebrating Gay Pride
Hatch Creative Studio mural in Brooklyn
Sidewalk near the New York Public Library
Map of NYC by Archie’s Press
Photograph taken in Dubai, 2017
LaGuardia Airport runway
Midtown Manhattan
“The Artist Is Present” performance by Marina Abramović
Gay Street sign for 2019 Pride Parade
Piano player and dog in the Financial District
Liz Christy Community Center, the first community garden in New York City, founded 1973; located on the Northeast corner of Bowery and Houston Streets in Manhattan
Central Park
Invader in Chelsea
Lawrence Weiner artwork at South Street piers
9/11 Memorial, 2018
In Pursuit of Magic graffiti in the West Village
Prada Soho window display
Hayden Planetarium
Christo and Jeanne-Claude gates
The elevator shaft at Invisible Dog, Brooklyn
Voting sign at Chelsea Prep elementary school
“OYYO” sculpture by legendary artist Deborah Kass, photographed with my dear friend Christine Mau
Rainbow viewed from plane pre-take-off at JFK airport
Water lilies at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
“Hope” sculpture by Robert Indiana at the intersection of 53rd Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan
