Boris Artzybasheff’s Jan 10, 1964 Time magazine cover featuring a geodesic Buckminster Fuller.

Among the South by Southwest 2006 Web Award Finalists is a web site featuring Time magazine cover art (portraits specifically) of many of the last century’s most influential people in sports, media, civil rights, politics, entertainment and technology. The navigation gets a little annoying, but the artwork is well worth the effort. The exhibit is only part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

From the NPG website:
“The portraits displayed in this site represent the compelling variety of personalities and art that have distinguished Time covers for more than three-quarters of a century. Heroes and rogues, queens and presidents, popes and pop stars, singers and athletes - all have been ensconced, in one form or fashion, within Time’s trademark red border.”

Mac fans should be sure to check out the righteous portrait of Steve Jobs under “Technology and Invention - explore -”.

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