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.
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Drowned Island Study 1, Scotland, Black-and-White Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11291 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Thoughts and Prayers
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions: 18h x 24w inches. Edition 2 of 10. David Emmite says of his work... My work seeks to ask questions about human relationships with technology, nature, and each ot...
Silver Gelatin
"Burned Out", Contemporary, Abandoned Theater, Black and White Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Burned Out” is a 20 x 30 inch black and white image of an abandoned theater with decayed, empty seats and a deteriorating ceiling, symbolizing forgotten history an...
Metal
Enfilade Marie, Chateau Versailles
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From Polidori's ongoing Versailles series, started in 1985
Archival Pigment
$930
Pacific Beach Horizon, Nautical Triptych Cyanotype, White and Blue Seascape, Zen
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Most of the Time (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Can't take my Eyes off you (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x47cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signatu...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Antelope Canyon Study 4, Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph, Arizona, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11875 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$580
Wind Power (California Badlands) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Desert, Dream
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wind Power (California Badlands) - 2021 24x34cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 4595. Not mounte...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$6,675Sale Price|25% Off
Steps - underwater photograph - print on aluminum 48" x 39"
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...
Metal
$1,856Sale Price|20% Off
Seljalandsfoss, Black and White Long-Exposure Fine Art Photograph, Iceland
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11151 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$97Sale Price|30% Off
The American Actor Burt Lancaster, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo. The American Actor Burt Lancaster.
Photographic Paper
$1,578Sale Price|20% Off
Retoni Fishing Hut, Marina di Pisa, Panoramic Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21392 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
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
Infinity Pool, Poovar, Kerala - Tropical India color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Palm trees captured in a lagoon in Kerala, God's Own Country, the land of the coconuts. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographic print, dry-mounted to aluminium, ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,485Sale Price|20% Off
More Free Space, Basilica, Venice, Black and White Landscape Photograph, Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11467 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and numbered by Gerald Berghammer, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Prints include a 4 cm white border. MORE FREE SPACE – VENICE – GERALD BERGHAMMER An atmospheric black-and-white fine art photograph capturing Venice in a rare moment of stillness. A classic Venetian street lamp anchors the composition, while gondolas, mooring poles and the mist-softened silhouette of San Giorgio Maggiore fade gently across the lagoon. The generous expanse of pale sky and water creates a refined sense of space, calm and timeless elegance. With its balanced composition, subtle tonal range and quiet architectural presence, this artwork brings understated sophistication to both contemporary and classic interiors. Ideal for collectors of Venice photography...
Digital Pigment
The Rocky Coast of Porto Venere, Italy, Black-and-White Seascape, Limited Editio
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21121 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
FlowerHead - Floral, Contemporary, Fine Art print, Nature Still-life
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘FlowerHead 1 ‘ who was captured on film ...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Beau Simmons - Cowboys Never Die, Photography 2022, Printed After
By Beau Simmons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: The Western Collection Archival Pigment Print Unframed Sizes: 20" x 40" - $6,750.00 30" x 60" - $8,000.00 40" x 80" - $12,000.00 Framed Sizes: 27" x 47" - $8,250.00 37" x 6...
Archival Pigment
N°TSSI15, France
By Tom Hegen
Located in München, BY
The production of sea salt is one of the oldest forms of human intervention in natural spaces. Sea salt comes from natural evaporation of seawater out of artificial created ponds. Th...
Archival Pigment
$360Sale Price|20% Off
"Flowering Eucalyptus III Cyanotype, Hand-Printed Monotype, 30x21.5"
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this may look like a woodcut or screen print, it is a kind of photography. Cyanotypes are a 19th century alternative (cameraless) photographic process. This monotype was print...
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21029 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Spain–Andalusia: Andalusian PRE horses at Yeguada Torreluna ranch
By Oliver Klink
Located in New York, NY
2025 Signed, verso Archival pigment print 11 x 30 inches, image (Open Edition) $2,435 Archival pigment print 14.5 x 40 inches, image (Open Edition) $3,902 Archival pigment print ...
Archival Pigment, Photography
$1,114Sale Price|20% Off
Pont Neuf Paris France, black and white photography landscape fine art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11842 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,299Sale Price|20% Off
Ancient Laurisilva Forest – Limited Edition Black-and-White Panorama Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21044 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Tyler Shields - Helicopter III, Photography 2021, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, 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
Shipwreck
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions: 18h x 24w inches. Edition 1 of 10. David Emmite says of his work... My work seeks to ask questions about human relationships with technology, nature, and each ot...
Silver Gelatin
The way we were (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The way we were (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x58cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print print, based on the Polaroid Certificate and Signature label artist Inventory No. 9088. No...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spray Paint
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“I guess my work is kind of a love letter to the past and that freedom that we had, but also an acknowledgment of the anxiety that I feel, that is real, about not being able to let o...
Archival Pigment
$2,228Sale Price|20% Off
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice – Limited Edition Colour Panorama Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25027 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,067
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
$3,017
Italian Cypress Hill Panorama, Tuscany – Black-and-White Fine Art Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 18183 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Reef - large format abstract photograph of sun reflections on coral reefs
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
"Golden Gate Bridge 1", 2018 Ambrotype Photograph in San Francisco
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Golden Gate Bridge 1" is an ambrotype photograph on red glass of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge made by CA based artist, Allan Barnes. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Allan has alm...
Photographic Film
$13,500
Glitter Pill Chromogenic Print, Framed, Contemporary, Edition of 3, 45x45in
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Archival Paper, C Print
Tyler Shields - Painted Lips II, Photography 2026, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Mouths Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes & editions: 15" x 20" 22.5" x 30" 30" x 40" 45" x 60" 56" x 72" 63" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist ...
C Print
Marlboro by Anouk Krantz 2023
By Anouk Krantz
Located in Chicago, IL
Marlboro (B&W) 2023 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 40 x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) - Edition of 15 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Unframed Size: 11.3 x 17 in (28...
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
$2,228Sale Price|20% Off
Two Palms Beach Florida USA black and white panorama photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11768 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Serena Puppet - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Serena Puppet - Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s. Puppetry of "Samson and Delilah" Good conditions with slight foxing.
Photographic Paper
Blue Cadillac Antonia, Balearic Islands, contemporary, photography
Located in München, BY
Edition of 10 A female model is sitting in the front of an old classic Cadillac. Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar (b. 1941), where the m...
Archival Pigment
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Downtown Las Vegas, Black-and-White Cityscape Photography, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11712 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$3,500
July 4, 1899
By Linda Connor
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Linda Connor: Lick Observatory These celestial images are made from glass plate negatives that belong to the archive of the Lick Observatory in San Francisco. These images were mad...
Photographic Paper
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Eiffel Tower, Trocadéro Fountain, Paris – Black and White Fine Art Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11824 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Dolly Parton & Mother Avie Lee Parton, Sevierville, TN
Located in Denton, TX
Archival Pigment Print Captured in 1986, printed in 2026 Image size: 12.8 x 18 in. Paper size: 17 x 22 in. Signed and titled in pencil on print verso Open Edition Michael O’Brien is...
Archival Pigment
$2,228Sale Price|20% Off
Mercato di Rialto Fish Market, Venice, Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25035 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$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
$550
"Timeworn II", Contemporary, Urbex, Abandoned, Dark, Black and White Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Timeworn II” is a 12 x 8 inch black and white photograph of a long, tattered garment hanging from overhead pipes before a bright window in a rough cinder block roo...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
$2,669
Rocks on the Shore – Minimalist Limited Edition Colour Seascape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21276 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Cowboy, Kanab, Utah - American Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A Cowboy silhouette, captured in Kanab, the home of many Western Movies. This artwork is typical of one of Richard's signatures, a surreal twist using composition to play with realit...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$365Sale Price|25% Off
Dwa Teatry (Two Theatres) - Vintage Offset Print - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Dwa Teatry (Two Theatres), is a vintage poster realized by Unknown Artist, in 1974. Mixed colored offset print. The artwork represented a poster for Polish play "Dwa Teatry" (Two ...
Offset
$1,856Sale Price|20% Off
Canal Grande, Rialto Bridge View, Venice — Limited Edition Black-and-White Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 11015 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Iceberg I - Antarctica
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10 More sizes on request Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glo...
Archival Pigment
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Eleven Trees in a Snow Field, Winter Wonderland Landscape Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21065 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Oasis (Sidewinder) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Oasis (Sidewinder), 2005, Edition 3/5, 16 pieces each 48x47cm analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on Polaroids mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection, based on an expired Polaroids, Artist inventory Number 3001.03 Installation shot at 'Mulholland Distilling' in LA with Danny Fox...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$2,228Sale 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
$4,320
Large Landscape Photographs Trees Nature Wildlife Orange Blue Forest India
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Infrared photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 44" x 65" unframed (112cm x 165cm) 2019 Edition 1/15 *Should you wish the photograph to be...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
#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
Monte Amiata I, Milan - Color Blocking Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Monte Amiata I', photographed in February 2020 for his ongoing series 'A Short History of Milan'. There is a reoccurring linear, structural theme throughout the series, capturing t...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,856
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
Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley 48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm signed edition of 7 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Koltur Island, Faroe Islands – Black and White Fine Art Long Exposure Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21346 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
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