As the year winds down, it’s become tradition to do a series of posts featuring a countdown of favorites from the year. Here’s the final 2025 installment. For a refresher, here are the 2023 and 2024 top 20 (within links inside to all the posts):
And here are the other installments from this year:
And finally, here’s 20-1:
20. Clown, by Georges Rouault, 1912
19. The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Guercino, 1651
18. Saint Agatha, by Lorenzo Lippi, 1638-44, photo via @allentgunn
16. The Ten Largest, No. 1, Childhood, by Hilma af Klint, 1907 (rotated), photo by @WeversAndrew
14. The Uncertainty of the Poet, by Giorgio de Chirico, 1913
13. Costume for Romeo and Juliet, by Aleksandra Ekster, 1921, photo by @zeus.g8
12. La Décapitation de saint Georges, by Bernat Martorell, 1430
11. Saint George and the Dragon, by Bernat Martorell, 1434–35, photo by Michael Dawson
10. At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895
8. The Kiss of Judas, by Luca Giordano, 1655-75, photo by @albello55
7. Red Cannas (flipped), by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1919, photo by Amber Pinkerton
6. Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), photo by @mordyphoto
5. Madonna and Child, artist unknown (National Museum in Warsaw), 1800-1850
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4. The Haywain Triptych (detail, flipped), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1516, photo by @StephChambers76
3. Suprematist Design for a Façade, by Vera Ermolaeva, 1920, 📸 by @kelcgrant
2. Under the Wave off Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-32, photo by @edgarpix
1. The Swan, No. 24, Group IX, by Hilma af Klint, 1914, photo by me
