Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
$4,091
Versilia 02 (Tuscany, Italy) by B. Lang, Aerial Photography, Triptych, Beach
Located in Paris, FR
Versilia 02 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *60 × 144 cm (2...
C Print
$1,519
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 di...
C Print
"Greenhouse Composition 36x24 Series 17", Geometric Abstract Pink Grid
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
“Greenhouse Composition 36x24 Series 17” is an original artwork by Roxana Azar, consisting of a digital print on polycarbonate. It measures 36.75”h x 24.75”w framed. Roxana Azar’s w...
Ink, Polymer
Driving Range - Sports Photography Golf Course Driving Range Pitch and Putt
Located in Brighton, GB
Driving Range is a dynamic C-Type Matte Print by Contemporary photographer Chris Frazer Smith. It is available in this size in an Edition of 25, and is sold unframed. In a departur...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Third Eye, Photography, Limited Edition
By Sara Punt
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 7 Framed size 49 x 69 cm All works are Archival Pigment prints, floating in an all black wooden frame behind museums glass. More sizes on request. Sara Punt's wo...
Archival Pigment
H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
Driving Range II - Contemporary City Sports Landscape Lifestyle Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Driving Range is a dynamic C-Type Matt Print by Contemporary photographer Chris Frazer Smith. It is available in this size in an Edition of 25 and is sold unframed. This print is a...
C Print, Color, Photographic Paper, Digital
Private Pool - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment 35" x 58"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Private Pool” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of mas...
Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
#00145 Polygonum pensylvanicum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
By DM Witman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00145 Polygonum pensylvanicum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. P...
Photogram
$850
Double Portals, Cyanotype Diptych, Abstract Geometric, Blue Minimalism on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Double Portals is a cyanotype diptych that plays with depth, geometry, and light. Composed of layered indigo gradients, the work creates a rhythmic sense of movement, drawing the vie...
Paper, Monotype
Catching Koi
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicable level I feel a ...
Archival Pigment
Untitled Work of Fire Diptych
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,075
The Bog Plants 002 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, orange tones, flora
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Plants 002 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Photographic Paper
$7,200
TULLE Tripthych - abstact photographs of mesmerizing texture details 48" x 36"
Located in San Francisco, CA
TULLE Tripthych Edition of 3 by Christian Stoll an epic scale photograph of mesmerizing texture details 3 x Single Images in 48 x 36 inches / 122cm x 9...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
The 3rd day #16
By Cody Choi
Located in Deddington, GB
Cody Choi - The 3rd day #16 This image was taken at the 3rd time of Cody’s visit as a guest teacher at Tsoying High School in Taiwan- where most students are highly disciplined and t...
Photographic Paper
Boy at Twelve - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boy at Twelve - 2019 - 40x50cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print on Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted...
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid, Archival Ink
#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed
By DM Witman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
#00135 Hypericum mutillum, Unique photogram, gum bichromate, framed This image is a unique photogram and is printed using Rives BFK, gouache, gum arabic, kitakata and ink. Pricing...
Photogram
1959 Porsche 365B Coupe
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 9 Framed Chromaluxe X-Ray of a 1959 Porsche 365B Coupe. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Nick’s work with radiogra...
Archival Pigment
$3,600
Autumn Magnolia (Delicate Photograph on Rice Paper of Plum Colored Blossoms)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Autumn Magnolia No. 1" Abstract still life photograph of deep plum Magnolia petals and green leaves against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused ...
Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper
$4,583
Floriculture 2 - Lisa Creagh, Digital, Floral, Patterns, Gardens, Photography
By Lisa Creagh
Located in Brighton, GB
Floriculture 2 by Lisa Creagh 45" x 72" Lightjet Print from a Limited Edition of 10 Creagh's project 'Floriculture' draws on the theme of The Instant Garden, which derived from an ...
Photographic Paper, Lights, Color
$1,519
The Bog Renaturated 006 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, blue
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 006 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *60...
C Print
$1,461
Tulip Fields 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 10 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 di...
C Print
III, Photography, Limited Edition
$1,177
The Bog Renaturated 011 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, blue color
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 011 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is an archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold u...
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Land Rover - Surfs Up 2022
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, framed Chromaluxe Comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity Surfer driving Land Rover, hanging wetsuit in the back & Dog. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY cr...
Archival Pigment
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary Minimal, Horizontal Diptych, Geometric Blue Diamond Cyanotype Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Diamond is a unique handmade cyanotype diptych on watercolor paper. Its layered gradients of deep indigo and radiant white form a luminous diamond shape, blending geometric prec...
Paper, Monotype
L'Ange Heurebise - Book by Jean Cocteau and Man Ray - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
L'Ange Heurebise is an original rare Surrealist work realized in France in 1925, written by Jean Cocteau with an original rayogram realized by Man Ray. Limited edition of 350 numbe...
Paper
$4,400
Cloud Study IV - large scale photograph of dramatic momochromatic cloudscape sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
An homage to Caspar David Friedrich, towering thunder clouds over the Pacific Ocean, from a series of dramatic cloud atlas observations and abstract skyscapes above the winter sea, c...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$1,075
The Bog 001 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, flora, green tones, swamps
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog 001 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is...
Photographic Paper
$1,237
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' Large scale photograph flowers blue green pastel
Located in Penzance, GB
'Yellow is the Dawning of May' Limited edition (1 of 25) archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed _________________ Illuminated among painted pools of early summer lig...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Airfield - large scale aerial observation of aeronautical facility
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph morphing into a mesmerizing abstract tapestry, a highly detailed aerial photograph, on closer observation morphing into an abstract pictorial tapestry of deser...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Seen, Photography, Limited Edition
By Sara Punt
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 7 Framed size 49 x 69 cm All works are Archival Pigment prints, floating in an all black wooden frame behind museums glass. More sizes on request. Sara Punt's wo...
Archival Pigment
$1,075
The Bog Plants 005 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, red tones, flora
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Plants 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only...
Photographic Paper
$1,110
The Bog Renaturated 013 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, blue colour
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 013 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is an archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold u...
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Mare 420 - Seascape photograph
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI MARE series Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed Aviailable sizes: 27 x 40 inches Edition of 10 40 x 60 inches Edition of 5 47 x 71 inches Ed...
Archival Pigment
$1,075
The Bog 002 by Bernhard Lang - Close-up photography, flora, green tones, swamps
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog 002 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a Fine Art Print on Hahnemüle Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is...
Photographic Paper
A van in the sea 33 by Alessandro Puccinelli, 32x45in, Framed
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI MARE/CHAOSMOS series Seascape - From the MARE/CHAOSMOS series - Mounted and Framed Framed size: 32x45 inches (including a white border) Image size: 27x40 inche...
Archival Pigment
$1,110
The Bog Renaturated 016 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, blue colour
Located in Paris, FR
The Bog Renaturated 016 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is an archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold u...
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
Mare 399 - Seascape photograph
Located in New York City, NY
ALESSANDRO PUCCINELLI MARE series Seascape - From the Mare series - Mounted and Framed Aviailable sizes: 27 x 40 inches Edition of 10 40 x 60 inches Edition of 5 47 x 71 inches Ed...
Archival Pigment
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Inspiration
Located in Plano, TX
"Inspiration" is a part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series that uses his abstract PhotoLuminism technique combined with trees from the real world to create an otherworld...
Metal
$1,402
Baltic Lagoons 001 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, blue, grey
Located in Paris, FR
Baltic Lagoons 001 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 cm ×...
C Print
Stahlwerk 006 by Bernhard Lang - Abstract photography, Germany, steelworks
Located in Paris, FR
Stahlwerk 006 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 × ...
C Print
$1,519
Circle Irrigation 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Kansas
Located in Paris, FR
Circle Irrigation 10 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 cm...
C Print
$4,800
Seascape IV (Homage to Mark Rothko) - large format abstract ocean photograph
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale abstract photographs of muted color monochromatic water surface color clouds and horizon SEASCAPE IV by Frank Schott an homage to Mark Rothko 60" x 48" / 152cm x 122cm signed edition of 7 75 x 58 inches / 190cm x 147cm signed edition of 7 archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$1,285
Untitled XII by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, pink wall
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XII, Ain’t Got No Troubles series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available ...
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Abstract #1 - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood, abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Abstract #1 (Journey to the Center of the Earth) - 2019 Edition of 10. Photograph printed in Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mou...
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Blue Mountains, Vertical Panorama, Minimalist Landscape, Handmade Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Mountains is a handmade cyanotype monotype that presents a quiet landscape of layered mountain forms in soft shades of blue. Created through the cyanotype process, the tonal var...
Paper, Monotype
Intersect, Photography, Limited Edition
Folds in Time #108 - abstract metallic foil monochromatic reflections in light
By Mona Kuhn
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Mona Kuhn's abstract series Folds in Time (2026), a series of monochromatic studies capturing the tactile interplay of light and shadow on reflective materials. The interplay o...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$1,519
Tulip Fields 36 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, flowers, vivid
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 36 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 di...
C Print
Dreamscape (Wastelands) - Contemporary, Abstract, Polaroid, Expired, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamscape (Wastelands), 2003 20x20cm Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist inventor...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"casting out, calling in", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Ink, fabric, botanical
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "casting out, calling in" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from fabric monotypes and ink. This piece m...
Fabric, Ink, Monotype
Michael Jackson
By Nick Veasey
Located in München, BY
Edition 15, Lenticular In this image Michael Jackson is doing the moonwalk and is x-rayed. A man with x-ray vision, NICK VEASEY creates art that shows what it is really like inside...
Lenticular
Tight Grouping #1
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Christopher Colville is an American artist working to push the boundaries of the photographic medium in both experimental and traditional forms. His images are created outdoors by ig...
Silver Gelatin
$5,200
Cloud Study VII - large scale photograph of dramatic cloudscapes in summer sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original art photography from a series of dramatic cloud atlas and abstract sky scapes observations above the Pacific Ocean Cloud Study VII by Frank Schott 75 x 58 inc...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
OO OO - digital photo print with enamel, collaborative piece
By Douglas Degges and Sarah Phyllis Smith
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This piece is a collaboration between Sarah Phyllis Smith and Douglas Degges. Douglas Degges (b. Shreveport, LA) is an artist and educator currently based in Mansfield Center, CT w...
Acrylic, Digital
Horizonte - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Horizonte - 2019 - 40x50cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print on Canson Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted). ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
"In Praise of Entropy (Untitled #6)", Lenticular transition, Kaleidoscope
By Anna Tas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"In Praise of Entropy (Untitled #6)" is an original artwork by Anna Tas made of an archival pigment print with lenticular lens. The piece is lenticular––transitioning and creating th...
Lenticular, Archival Pigment
$880Sale Price|20% Off
A Step Beyond
Located in Plano, TX
"A Step Beyond" is part of Christopher Kennedy's "Trees Revered" series that uses his abstract PhotoLuminism technique combined with trees from the real world to create an otherworld...
Metal
"Organic Landscapes: Redwoods NP" - composite photo, landscape, blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This textured composite landscape features green and blue. This listing is for a signed and editioned unframed print with a total limited edition of 10. Additional sizes are availabl...
Archival Pigment