D.W. Pine

TIME and Legendary Bookstore Partner on New Cover Exhibit

TIME and one of the world's most beautiful bookstores are joining together for a new exhibit, celebrating the greatest authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. The “What Makes a Nobel?” exhibit, which opens June...

By D.W. Pine June 1, 2021

The Story Behind TIME and Beeple's Future of Business Cover

For TIME's cover story on the future of business and the digitization of everything—which accompanies our list of the 100 most influential companies—we turned the space over to an artist who’s been at the forefront...

By D.W. Pine April 27, 2021

The Story Behind the 'Climate is Everything' Cover

To illustrate the dramatic effects of climate change on our interconnected world for the April 26 issue of TIME, we turned the cover canvas over to “an artist who paints without a paintbrush.” Malaysian artist...

By D.W. Pine April 15, 2021

The Stories Behind Donald Trump’s TIME Covers

At a dinner for the TIME 100 in 2019, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, asked me a question: "What is your favorite TIME cover of my father-in-law?” I don’t normally like to...

By D.W. Pine January 19, 2021

The Story Behind TIME's 2020 Person of the Year Covers

To illustrate the broad range of people featured on the 2020 Person of the Year covers, we commissioned artists and photographers with a variety of backgrounds and styles—from digital art to oil painting; portraitists to...

By D.W. Pine December 10, 2020

The Story Behind TIME's 'Covid Winter' Cover

For this week’s cover on how Americans are reacting to the current surge in covid-19 cases, we turned to London-based artists Sean Freeman and Eve Steben to capture the bleak forecast ahead. The duo, who...

By D.W. Pine November 19, 2020

The Story Behind TIME's 'Plague Election' Donald Trump Cover

For the cover of the Aug. 17, 2020 issue of TIME, longtime collaborator Tim O’Brien revisited his award-winning series depicting the mounting troubles facing President Trump. The new cover is the fourth installment and the...

By D.W. Pine August 6, 2020

The Story Behind TIME's 'One Last Chance' Cover

Artist and scientist Jill Pelto created a vibrant landscape of key global climate change indicators

By D.W. Pine July 8, 2020

Behind TIME's 'America Must Change' Cover

TIME commissioned Atlanta artist Charly Palmer to capture a moment in which Americans will see whether their country is able to live up to its promise

By D.W. Pine June 25, 2020

The Story Behind TIME's George Floyd Cover

For the June 15, 2020, cover on the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd, we turned to prominent American artist Titus Kaphar. Kaphar's 60"x60" oil painting, titled Analogous Colors, features an African-American mother holding...

By D.W. Pine June 4, 2020

We Designed 100 New Covers for TIME's Women of the Year Project. Here Are the Stories Behind Them

Each cover is visually emblematic of the period its subject represents

By D.W. Pine March 5, 2020

The Story Behind TIME's Climate Change Cover

Thirty years ago, TIME named Planet Earth its Man of the Year, featuring a cover by the artist Christo of the earth encased in plastic on a beach in Long Island, NY. For this week’s...

By D.W. Pine September 12, 2019

The Story Behind TIME's Christchurch Cover

For the April 1, 2019, International cover of TIME, we reached out to Ruby Jones, a 25-year-old artist from Wellington, New Zealand, to capture the feeling from inside her country in the days following the...

By D.W. Pine March 21, 2019

The Story Behind TIME’s Dueling Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi Cover

For the Jan. 21, 2018, TIME cover on the showdown between President Trump and Nancy Pelosi's Democrats, we assigned Chicago-based artist Jason Seiler, a classically trained oil painter who also works digitally, to create an...

By D.W. Pine January 10, 2019

The Story Behind TIME's Christine Blasey Ford Cover

For the Oct. 15, 2018, TIME cover on the impact of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and the significance of her voice, we used Ford's words to create her portrait. As Haley Sweetland Edwards writes in...

By D.W. Pine October 4, 2018

The Story Behind TIME's 'In Deep' Donald Trump Cover

For the cover of the Sept. 3, 2018, issue of TIME, readers might notice something familiar. TIME collaborator Tim O'Brien, an artist who has been creating TIME covers for nearly 30 years, has added the...

By D.W. Pine August 23, 2018

The Story Behind TIME's 'Stormy' Donald Trump Cover

'I felt the storm metaphor was as relevant as ever'

By Skye Gurney April 12, 2018

Behind TIME’s ‘Hate in America’ Cover

For the Aug. 28 issue of TIME on hate in America we turned to artist Edel Rodriguez to create a cover to capture the aftermath of the Charlottesville tragedy. With his bold, graphic approach, Rodriguez...

By D.W. Pine August 17, 2017

How To Spot a Fake TIME Cover

There are more than 4,800 "real" covers of TIME magazine that have been designed over the past 94 years. That’s certainly a lot of history, but it may well be dwarfed by all of the...

TIME and Legendary Bookstore Partner on New Cover Exhibit

TIME and one of the world's most beautiful bookstores are joining together for a new exhibit, celebrating the greatest authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. The “What Makes a Nobel?” exhibit, which opens June...

The Story Behind TIME and Beeple's Future of Business Cover

For TIME's cover story on the future of business and the digitization of everything—which accompanies our list of the 100 most influential companies—we turned the space over to an artist who’s been at the forefront...

The Story Behind the 'Climate is Everything' Cover

To illustrate the dramatic effects of climate change on our interconnected world for the April 26 issue of TIME, we turned the cover canvas over to “an artist who paints without a paintbrush.” Malaysian artist...

The Stories Behind Donald Trump’s TIME Covers

At a dinner for the TIME 100 in 2019, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, asked me a question: "What is your favorite TIME cover of my father-in-law?” I don’t normally like to...

The Story Behind TIME's 2020 Person of the Year Covers

To illustrate the broad range of people featured on the 2020 Person of the Year covers, we commissioned artists and photographers with a variety of backgrounds and styles—from digital art to oil painting; portraitists to...

The Story Behind TIME's 'Covid Winter' Cover

For this week’s cover on how Americans are reacting to the current surge in covid-19 cases, we turned to London-based artists Sean Freeman and Eve Steben to capture the bleak forecast ahead. The duo, who...

The Story Behind TIME's 'Plague Election' Donald Trump Cover

For the cover of the Aug. 17, 2020 issue of TIME, longtime collaborator Tim O’Brien revisited his award-winning series depicting the mounting troubles facing President Trump. The new cover is the fourth installment and the...

The Story Behind TIME's 'One Last Chance' Cover

Artist and scientist Jill Pelto created a vibrant landscape of key global climate change indicators

Behind TIME's 'America Must Change' Cover

TIME commissioned Atlanta artist Charly Palmer to capture a moment in which Americans will see whether their country is able to live up to its promise

The Story Behind TIME's George Floyd Cover

For the June 15, 2020, cover on the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd, we turned to prominent American artist Titus Kaphar. Kaphar's 60"x60" oil painting, titled Analogous Colors, features an African-American mother holding...

We Designed 100 New Covers for TIME's Women of the Year Project. Here Are the Stories Behind Them

Each cover is visually emblematic of the period its subject represents

The Story Behind TIME's Climate Change Cover

Thirty years ago, TIME named Planet Earth its Man of the Year, featuring a cover by the artist Christo of the earth encased in plastic on a beach in Long Island, NY. For this week’s...

The Story Behind TIME's Christchurch Cover

For the April 1, 2019, International cover of TIME, we reached out to Ruby Jones, a 25-year-old artist from Wellington, New Zealand, to capture the feeling from inside her country in the days following the...

The Story Behind TIME’s Dueling Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi Cover

For the Jan. 21, 2018, TIME cover on the showdown between President Trump and Nancy Pelosi's Democrats, we assigned Chicago-based artist Jason Seiler, a classically trained oil painter who also works digitally, to create an...

The Story Behind TIME's Christine Blasey Ford Cover

For the Oct. 15, 2018, TIME cover on the impact of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and the significance of her voice, we used Ford's words to create her portrait. As Haley Sweetland Edwards writes in...

The Story Behind TIME's 'In Deep' Donald Trump Cover

For the cover of the Sept. 3, 2018, issue of TIME, readers might notice something familiar. TIME collaborator Tim O'Brien, an artist who has been creating TIME covers for nearly 30 years, has added the...

The Story Behind TIME's 'Stormy' Donald Trump Cover

'I felt the storm metaphor was as relevant as ever'

Behind TIME’s ‘Hate in America’ Cover

For the Aug. 28 issue of TIME on hate in America we turned to artist Edel Rodriguez to create a cover to capture the aftermath of the Charlottesville tragedy. With his bold, graphic approach, Rodriguez...

How To Spot a Fake TIME Cover

There are more than 4,800 "real" covers of TIME magazine that have been designed over the past 94 years. That’s certainly a lot of history, but it may well be dwarfed by all of the...

Is Truth Dead? Behind the TIME Cover

A story about Donald Trump recalls one of magazine's most famous covers

Time Magazine Ditches Red Border. For This Week At Least

To mark special issue on the most influential photography of all time

Why TIME's New Cover Might Look Familiar

This week's magazine pays homage to a famous image