diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
index fbe32b497..ed86e3f8c 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
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+33f1a5d0bef8ca08be79ee7a0d02a018d502680d
+# Moved art.py utility module from beets into beetsplug
+a7b69e50108eebef8ce92c015f18a42f8bf7276f
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diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ddafd975d..94a90a1b5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ 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``.
 - :class:`beets.metadata_plugin.MetadataSourcePlugin`: Remove discogs specific
   disambiguation stripping