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.
Radha Shooting I (Long Way Home) - 50x50cm
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Radha Shooting I (Stranger than Paradise), 1999, 48x46cm, Edition of 10. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist Inventory #254. Not ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$60Sale Price|20% Off
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
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Seawater Canyon Panorama, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21394 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Rice Farmer with Water Buffalo, Vietnam, Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25015 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,795
American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,140Sale Price|20% Off
ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA - Monochrome Photograph - Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11823 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Gondolas and San Giorgio Maggiore – Venice, Limited Edition Color Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25039 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,282Sale Price|20% Off
Place to Linger Panorama – Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25036 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,711Sale Price|20% Off
Sun Loungers on the Beach, Italy – Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21391 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
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
White Mountains, Black-and-White Limited Edition Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21341 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Foyer IV, Milan - Italian design architecture interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer IV, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has become ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,851Sale Price|20% Off
Row of Trees in Yellow Field Panorama - Large-Scale Minimalist Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26001 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$80Sale Price|20% Off
The Day Begins, Cyanotype, 5 x 7 in., Ed. 2of 3, Contemporary Landscape
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
This is from the small run of mini 5 x 7" hand-printed editions made expressly for the Postcard Art 2026 Exhibition in the Hague, The Netherlands. I printed a larger version as well ...
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$580
Dawn from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Blue Gradient Skyline
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pig...
$2,663Sale Price|20% Off
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21041 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$4,400
White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format iconic still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate details of the iconic bespoke handstitched concert acces...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$1,800
White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format photograph of iconic rhinestones
Located in San Francisco, CA
White Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz, a highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate detai...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Dot's Diner, Bisbee, Arizona - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Dot's Diner' part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series, featuring a classic American Diner has gorgeous colours of the glowing neon lights in the twilight and a cool vibe remin...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$28Sale Price|53% Off
Sunset of São Miguel, Contemporary Offset Print, 2000-2009, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores archipelago, offers stunning sunsets over its diverse landscapes. Known for its volcanic origin and lush greenery, São Miguel boasts pano...
Offset
$13,400
Seascape XI Triptych (framed) - abstract photographs of ocean surface & horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photographs from the artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochrome blue azure nature of oceanic waterscapes SEASCAP...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
$240Sale Price|20% Off
Morning Mist Cyanotype Print, Contemporary Landscape, Ed. 2/5, 24x16"
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
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
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Stonehenge Panorama – Limited Edition Colour Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape panorama photography. Historic Stonehenge monument with large standing stones on a grassy field under a gray sky. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Digital Pigment
$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
$2,092Sale Price|20% Off
Tree with Hoar Frost Panorama – Winter Wonderland Limited Landscape Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: xxxx Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the ...
Digital Pigment
Christine's '52 Henry J & Teardrop Bonneville, Utah - Landscape Car Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Christine's '52 Henry J & teardrop' was captured in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, the iconic home of speed. This photograph captures the mountains in the distance meeting and contras...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Rock Shapes Panorama, Ha Long Bay, Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25021 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
View of Venice – Santo Stefano Bell Tower, Italy – Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25028 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$249
NOMAD III (Film Rebate), New York - Conceptual Architectural Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'NOMAD III (Film Rebate)', New York. Richard Heeps has photographed the iconic Empire State building in the mist. The NOMAD sequence of photographs capture the art deco architecture ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Green Limestone Cliffs, Ha Long Bay – Limited Edition Colour Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21383 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,805Sale Price|20% Off
Moss-Covered Waterfall, Limited Edition Fine Art Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21310 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. Las Vegas - American Color Sign Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool Supply Co. photograph from Richard Heeps 'Dream in Color' series. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer. Captured in Las Vegas in...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,377Sale Price|20% Off
Faroe Islands Sea Cliffs Landscape Panorama, Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25013 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$3,207
Two Rocks in the Ocean - large format seascape photography limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21279 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
$2,851
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, Spain – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25004 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,497Sale Price|20% Off
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
$46,500
Cala Conta Evening - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Cala Conta...
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
$580
Red Sea Sunset, Giclée Print Diptych, Pink and Purple Calm Cave Waters, Serene
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, G...
Cowboy TV - large format photograph of iconic western in American landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of vintage TV set with iconic western movie in American wild west landscape Cowboy TV by Frank Schott is available in three edition sizes: 48 x 64 inches (122 x 162cm) signed edition of 7 30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 58 x 77.25 inches (148 x 148cm) signed edition of 7 archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered by artist on certificate label _____________________________________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Ed Rusha...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$1,902Sale Price|20% Off
Mystical Forest Clearing, Madeira, Limited Black-and-White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21360 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,853
Tree in a Yellow Rapeseed Field, Austria, Contemporary Colour Fine Art Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21270 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,375
The Blue House, Burano Venice, Limited Edition Colour Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25047 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,090Sale Price|20% Off
Row of Colourful Pedal Boats, Panorama – Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25045 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,663Sale Price|20% Off
Drangarnir Sea Arch, Faroe Islands, Minimalist Large-Scale Limited Edition Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21277 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Moments in Time (Sidewinder) - 2008 40x80cm including white frame, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the 2 original Polaroids. Certificate and Signature label. Artist I...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007 - featuring Radha Mitchell 48x46cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2008 20x24cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #9503 Not mounted....
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Joshua Tree (Portrait Mojave) Desert California Landscape Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Joshua Tree American Desert photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. The iconic Joshua Tree stands proudly silhouette against the magical rich layered hues of the dese...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,282Sale Price|20% Off
View of Venice, Panorama – Santa Maria della Salute, Limited-Edition Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25024 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Equestrian Portrait of a Speckled Horse, Fashion-Inspired, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Speckled Crest" This iconic portrait draws the eye towards this speckled horse's exquisite features. This image has received several awards, including the highest honor of Gold at ...
Archival Pigment
Snow-Covered Central Park, New York City, Black-and-White Fine Art Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 18081 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,375Sale Price|20% Off
Morning Light in the Mountains – Limited Edition Black-and-White Panoramic Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21040 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Equestrian Portrait, Classic, Black Horse with Bridle, Reins, and Bonnet
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Black Diamond" This award-winning image is a fashion-inspired portrait of an elite horse wearing the attire of his discipline. The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the...
Archival Pigment
Utopian Foyer IV, Milan - Color Blocking Italian Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Utopian Foyer IV', Italian design Brutalist architecture photograph from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. There is a reoccurring linear, structural theme throughout ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Karma, Milan - Italian bookshop street photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, street photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. 'A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Affordable Art...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,138
Trøllkonufingur Monolith Study 2, Black-and-White Faroe Islands Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21342 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,500
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...
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