diff --git a/arrow/factory.py b/arrow/factory.py
index 0913bfe1..355234af 100644
--- a/arrow/factory.py
+++ b/arrow/factory.py
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ def get(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Arrow:
         if len(kwargs) > 1:
             arg_count = 3
 
-        # tzinfo kwarg is not provided
-        if len(kwargs) == 1 and tz is None:
+        # tzinfo kwarg is not provided (explicit tzinfo=None is treated as not provided)
+        if len(kwargs) == 1 and "tzinfo" not in kwargs:
             arg_count = 3
 
         # () -> now, @ tzinfo or utc
diff --git a/tests/test_factory.py b/tests/test_factory.py
index 056cee41..4b20d064 100644
--- a/tests/test_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_factory.py
@@ -287,6 +287,24 @@ def test_two_args_str_str(self):
 
         assert result._datetime == datetime(2013, 1, 1, tzinfo=tz.tzutc())
 
+    def test_two_args_str_str_tzinfo_none(self):
+        # Regression test for issue #1259:
+        # Explicitly passing tzinfo=None must behave identically to omitting tzinfo.
+        # Previously this crashed with TypeError because len(kwargs)==1 and tz is None
+        # triggered the 3+ arg constructor path instead of the 2-arg str+format parse path.
+        result = self.factory.get("2025-01-01", "YYYY-MM-DD", tzinfo=None)
+        assert result._datetime == datetime(2025, 1, 1, tzinfo=tz.tzutc())
+
+    def test_no_args_tzinfo_none(self):
+        # Regression test for issue #1259:
+        # arrow.get(tzinfo=None) must return current UTC time, same as arrow.get().
+        from arrow.util import is_timestamp
+        result = self.factory.get(tzinfo=None)
+        now_utc = self.factory.utcnow()
+        # Allow a 2-second window to avoid flakiness
+        assert abs((result - now_utc).total_seconds()) < 2
+
+
     def test_two_args_str_tzinfo(self):
         result = self.factory.get("2013-01-01", tzinfo=ZoneInfo("US/Pacific"))