Pictures that defined the year in arts

Bad Bunny in New York, Dec. 27, 2024. Bad Bunny, Addison Rae, Audra McDonald, a cotillion class, Bing the dog and many more were subjects of the photographs commissioned by our photo editors this year. (Dana Scruggs/The New York Times) By MARIDELIS MORALES ROSADO, LAURA O’NEILL, JOLIE RUBEN and AMANDA WEBSTER Erykah Badu, Bad Bunny, George Clooney and Audra McDonald were among the many subjects of the images in culture that New York Times photo editors commissioned in 2025. Some of the...