As the year winds down, it’s become tradition to do a series of posts featuring a countdown of favorites from the year. There will be five posts in total, culminating in the top 20-1 on December 31st. For a refresher, here are the 2023 and 2024 top 20 (within links inside to all the posts):
And here are the first three installments from this year:
And finally here’s 40-21:
40. The Ill-Matched Couple, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530, photo by @Mikeyyowens
39. Destiny, by Thomas C. Gotch, 1885-86
38. Well Hung Lover, by Banksy, 2006, photo by @mik3
37. Altarpiece of Sant Pere, by Pere Mates, 1500-50
36. Massacre in Boston, by Jacob Lawrence, 1955, photo by Brian Babineau
35. The Irritating Gentleman (flipped), by Berthold Woltze, 1874, photo via @jackeoos_
34. Stroyuschiysya dom (House under construction, rotated), by Kazimir Malevich, 1915-16, photo by @photoDre
33. The Beginning of Life, by František Kupka, 1900
31. Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, photo by @goslingphoto
29. Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, photo via Vatican Media Pool
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27. Hercules and Antaeus, second half of the 2nd century A.D., photo by @diandra.ann
26. Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756
24. Untitled (Women Fighting), by Léonard Defrance, late 18th c, photo by @indyconroy
23. Le Blanc de Blanc, by Georges Mathieu, 1987, photo by @ClubCatoK
