diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
index fbe32b497..2ee64a97d 100644
--- a/.git-blame-ignore-revs
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ d93ddf8dd43e4f9ed072a03829e287c78d2570a2
 # Moved dev docs
 07549ed896d9649562d40b75cd30702e6fa6e975
 # Moved plugin docs Further Reading chapter
-33f1a5d0bef8ca08be79ee7a0d02a018d502680d
\ No newline at end of file
+33f1a5d0bef8ca08be79ee7a0d02a018d502680d
+# Moved art.py utility module from beets into beetsplug
+28aee0fde463f1e18dfdba1994e2bdb80833722f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/beetsplug/_utils/__init__.py b/beetsplug/_utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/beets/art.py b/beetsplug/_utils/art.py
similarity index 100%
rename from beets/art.py
rename to beetsplug/_utils/art.py
diff --git a/beetsplug/convert.py b/beetsplug/convert.py
index e9db3592e..102976dd7 100644
--- a/beetsplug/convert.py
+++ b/beetsplug/convert.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ from string import Template
 import mediafile
 from confuse import ConfigTypeError, Optional
 
-from beets import art, config, plugins, ui, util
+from beets import config, plugins, ui, util
 from beets.library import Item, parse_query_string
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 from beets.util import par_map
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
 from beets.util.m3u import M3UFile
+from beetsplug._utils import art
 
 _fs_lock = threading.Lock()
 _temp_files = []  # Keep track of temporary transcoded files for deletion.
diff --git a/beetsplug/embedart.py b/beetsplug/embedart.py
index 1a59e4f9c..cbf40f570 100644
--- a/beetsplug/embedart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/embedart.py
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ from mimetypes import guess_extension
 
 import requests
 
-from beets import art, config, ui
+from beets import config, ui
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 from beets.ui import print_
 from beets.util import bytestring_path, displayable_path, normpath, syspath
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
+from beetsplug._utils import art
 
 
 def _confirm(objs, album):
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8a35569c9..ba6a357b7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Other changes:
   match :bug:`6020`
 - :doc:`guides/tagger`: Section on no matching release found, related to
   possibly disabled musicbrainz plugin :bug:`6020`
+- Moved ``art.py`` utility module from ``beets`` into ``beetsplug`` namespace as
+  it is not used in the core beets codebase. It can now be found in
+  ``beetsplug._utils``.
 
 2.4.0 (September 13, 2025)
 --------------------------
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_embedart.py b/test/plugins/test_embedart.py
index 58d2a5f63..d40025374 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_embedart.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_embedart.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import pytest
 from mediafile import MediaFile
 
-from beets import art, config, logging, ui
+from beets import config, logging, ui
 from beets.test import _common
 from beets.test.helper import (
     BeetsTestCase,
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from beets.test.helper import (
 )
 from beets.util import bytestring_path, displayable_path, syspath
 from beets.util.artresizer import ArtResizer
+from beetsplug._utils import art
 from test.test_art_resize import DummyIMBackend
 
 
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ class DummyArtResizer(ArtResizer):
 
 
 @patch("beets.util.artresizer.subprocess")
-@patch("beets.art.extract")
+@patch("beetsplug._utils.art.extract")
 class ArtSimilarityTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.item = _common.item()