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.
Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA, Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11652 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Sea Breakers, France – Limited Edition – Black and White Fine Art Seascape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 11452 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Cold Foggy Winter Morning – Minimalist Black and White Winter Landscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21344 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Winter Storm Over a Minimalist Wooden Pier, Limited Edition Waterscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11591 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Antelope Canyon Abstract Landscape Print in Monochrome, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11874 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Minimal Coastal Landscape Photograph of Palm Trees, Mallorca, Black and White
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21107 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Into the Nothing, Austria – Limited Edition Black and White Long Exposure Jetty
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21351 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Hustler
Located in New York, NY
Hustler 254 West 11th Street, NYC, 1977/printed later Signed and numbered, verso Archival pigment print (Edition of 15) 24 x 17 inches
Archival Pigment
Laurisilva of Madeira - analogue black and white nature photography, Limited 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
' Laurisilva of Madeira' 2026 Limited edition of 10 Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof. Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signe...
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Horizon, contemporary, wildlife, black and white photography, Leopard
Located in München, BY
Edition of 5 more sizes on request A Portrait of big majestic leopard in the tree. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galleries worldwide. His photographs are among the m...
Archival Pigment
Large Nature Photograph Leopard Tree Black White Infrared Africa Wildlife
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Infrared photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 45" x 64" unframed (114cm x 163cm) 2016 Edition 4/10 *Should you wish the photograph to be prin...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Black and White Photography, Wall Street, New York City, Limited Edition, 19x13
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's photographic career is punctuated by epic documentary photo essays with many works from New York City. Wall Street is one of the photographer's iconic 1950s images. ...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Karst Limestone Cliffs Reflected in Calm Water, Ha Long Bay Black & White Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21366 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Place to Linger Winter - minimalist farmland, two trees - large format 80x120cm
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 25044 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Lerici 256 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition 3 of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 10, hand-signed ...
Polaroid
Lotus Flower Panorama - seascape, minimalist flower - Vietnam - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist waterside photography. Water lilies and lily pads on a calm pond with reflections of the flowers in the water. All Gerald Berghammer p...
Digital Pigment
Place to Linger, Winter – Minimalist Farmland with Two Trees, Large Format Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25044 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Into the Nothing – Minimalist Pier in Mist, Black and White Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21351 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Roma May 2014 01bn, Black and White Figurative Photograph
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Luca Artioli has always been fascinated by Roman Statues. As a child, he wandered through the Imperial Forum creating dialogues between them. For young Luca the statues were alive. T...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Tuk, Tuk, Lambro 550 Print, Limited Edition, Signed, 60 x 107 cm
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21365 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Frozen Silence — Limited Edition Black and White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 5 // Gallery ID: 21377 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Lotus Flower Panorama, Vietnam – Black and White Long Exposure Waterscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21379 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Sieff-Ina a Contrejour Vintage Black and white photography
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This evocative poster reproduces Ina, en contre-jour, a celebrated photograph by renowned French photographer Jeanloup Sieff, known for his poetic, sensual, and psychologically charg...
Offset
Foggy Wooden Dock Panorama, Austria, Limited Edition Large Format Lakeside Water
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21043 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Ha Long Bay, Misty Limestone Karsts — Minimalist Black-and-White Panorama
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21381 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Christmas Tree, Winter Landscape, monochrome landscape limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9. Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and...
Digital Pigment
Ha Long Bay Black & White Panorama (Vietnam) – Limited Edition Lanscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21375 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
St. Nectans Glen, Waterfall, England, monochrome photograph waterscape limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21370 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Ancient Laurisilva Forest, Madeira — Museum-Quality Limited Edition B&W Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21035 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Frozen Landscape – Minimalist Winter Landscape Photograph – Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21345 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Seven Sister, White Chalk Cliffs – Limited Ed. Landscape Print – Black & White
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21372 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Tyler Shields - Golden Nugget, Photography 2023, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: Historical Fiction Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 20" x 16" 30" x 24" 40" x 32" 60" x 48" 72" x 57" 84" x 67" Editions ...
C Print
Handcuffed, New York, 1978 Black and White Iconic Photograph, Signed, 14x11
Located in New york, NY
For several years in the 1970s Leonard Freed worked alongside members of the New York police department, documenting the gritty reality of life on the beat...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Tyler Shields - Helicopter III, Photography 2021, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: Provocateur Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs...
Archival Paper, C Print
Waterfall into the Ocean, Gásadalur, Faroe Islands – Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21354 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Place to Linger, winter, minimalist tree landscape, limited monochrome photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. Two leafless trees near a park bench on a foggy day, with a dirt path leading towards the trees. Archival pigment ink pri...
Digital Pigment
Rjukandefossen Waterfall, Norway — Limited Black and White Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21373 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Minimalist Waterscape with Lotus Flowers, Black and White Photograph, Vietnam
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21348 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Children in Harlem, New York, Signed Archival Pigment Print, 19x13, Edition 7/10
Located in New york, NY
Children, Harlem, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate on back of photograph by Freed's widow Brigitte Freed. Available: 7/10. Provenance: Freed estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Office Party, New York, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 1966, 16x20 Inches
Located in New york, NY
Office Party, New York City, 1966 by Leonard Freed is a gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20in, signed verso (on back) by the photographer. Photographer F...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Cobbolds Point Groyne, England – Minimalist Limited Edition Seascape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21362 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Muscle Boy Photograph, Limited Edition 11/15, Harlem, New York City 1963, Signed
Located in New york, NY
Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in documentary photography. In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a statement about...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
Fishy, Fishy, Fish, Goldfish breeding, Lucky charm, Vietnam mono photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21364 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Frozen Willow Tree – Minimalist Monochrome Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21334 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Frozen Farmland, Hoarfrost Tree, Foggy, Road, minimalist landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21353 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, Architecture Photography, Brittany, France - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photograph of a tall lighthouse on a rocky coast, with a small bridge and large rocks in foreground. Digital pigment ink print, edition...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Fishing Boat and Limestone Karsts — Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Black and White Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21361 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
World-Class Yachts in Motion, Black and White, Vertical, Design-Inspired
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Velsheda in Pursuit" As the J-Class racing yacht Velsheda chased Ranger across the sea, the billowing sails created a stark contrast with the water below. This image is in the p...
Archival Pigment
Halong Bay, Vietnam – Limited-Edition Minimalist Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21367 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Dance - Limited Edition Black & White Archival Print, 2004, 65x65 cm
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dance - Signed limited edition archival pigment print , 2004 - Edition of 5 - Photographed in Vienna during a Strauss concert. Signed,embossed + numbered by artist with certifi...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Ar...
Top of the Cliffs - single Person - England - minimalist landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7. Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and...
Digital Pigment
Laurisilva of Madeira No.2 - analogue nature photography, Limited 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
' Laurisilva of Madeira No.2 ' 2026 Limited edition of 10 Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed both front and back with Certificate of Authenticity. Photo...
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Awnings
By Sarah Hadley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This image is from Sarah Hadley's series Lost Venice. Each photograph is hand printed on Canson Baryta Paper, and is signed and editioned by the artist. Sarah Hadley is a Los Angel...
Archival Pigment
Alabaster Coast Seascape, Étretat, France – Limited Black-and-White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21143 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Minimalist Monochrome Winter Landscape Photograph, Frosted Trees in Foggy Field
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21349 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Gracht Tree Avenue with Water Reflection, Black and White Fine Art Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 5 // Gallery ID: 18095 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Deer in Fairy Forest, Mystical Tree, Madeira – Black and White Landscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21073 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Eiffelturm Fontaine du Trocadero Paris + Pavillon de Flore, Paris, France
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9. Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white ...
Digital Pigment
Fifth Ave East 39th St, New York City, black and white, cityscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photo. City street corner at Fifth Avenue and East 39th Street, showing tall skyscrapers, pedestrians, and cars. Archival pigment ink p...
Archival Pigment
Five Stamps in the Lake, Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21200 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment