Contemporary Art
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Blue
"What Snowmen Think"
Located in North Adams, MA
Roz Chast’s work has appeared in numerous magazines through the years, including The Village Voice, National Lampoon, Scientific American, Harvard Business Review,Redbook and Mother ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Gorgeous, Unique, One of a Kind, Painting by Renowned Artist Fahri Aldin (1950).
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
On the Artist's 73rd year, he would like to share a Very Special limited edition series, small and compact and for a fraction of the cost, these One of a Kind beauties are intricatel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Coating, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Pane...
Pay Nothing
Located in London, GB
Kenny Schachter "Pay Nothing". Archival digital print on wove paper. Published in 2020. Edition of 60.
Hand signed and numbered by the artist, verso.
‘At the height of Covid, various activist groups arose to protect artists and others from unlawful evictions for non-payment of rent due to their lack of earning capacity by an economy that all but ground to a halt—other than for the multinationals that always seem to prosper in times of crisis. One such grassroots advocacy initiative in April of 2020, was CANTPAYMAY which I spotted on artist Nicole Eisenman’s Instagram feed by way of a poster she created which proclaimed:
“RENT STRIKE! STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS ON RENT STRIKE DURING #CANTPAYMAY. WITH MILLIONS OF NEW YORKERS OUT OF WORK, WE CAN AND MUST #CANCELRENT. SIGN THE RENT STRIKE PLEDGE TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT!”
Pay Nothing is an appropriation of Ed Ruscha’s 2003 painting Pay Nothing Until April; though Ruscha attempts to disclaim meaning in his text works, it clearly references the loaded notion of having to pay-up in April, which is when both State and Federal taxes are owed across the country, as all US taxpayers are only painfully all too aware.
“Says Ruscha: ‘I’m empty headed in many ways, and don’t know why I follow what I follow. Like most people, I operate on an automatic mode, and everything is an involuntary reflex. Logic flies out of the window when you’re making a picture, at least it does with me. And thank God it does.’” @tate
In the context of the Covid pandemic, Pay Nothing signifies the fact that if a population is deprived of the means to earn a living, we still must eat and have a roof over our heads to feed and shelter ourselves and families. For, if we don’t have the ready capacity to provide, as Malcom X...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leaves with Arching Red Tulips
Located in Bantam, CT
Patricia Udell's art is a combination of Color Field and Hard-Edge abstraction, and her beautiful artworks are deceptively simple. Her signature style and contemporary use of color ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Cobalt and Ochre Leaves Square
Located in Bantam, CT
Patricia Udell's art is a combination of Color Field and Hard-Edge abstraction, and her beautiful artworks are deceptively simple. Her signature style and contemporary use of color ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Interior 70
Located in Bantam, CT
Chris Kelly has developed a foundational style that fills the space between Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and the Hard-Edge California school, incorp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
Le Mexicain (Le Gilet Jaune) The Mexican (The Yellow Vest) /// Contemporary Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Louis Toffoli (Italian-French, 1907-1999)
Title: "Le Mexicain (Le Gilet Jaune) The Mexican (The Yellow Vest)"
*Signed by Toffoli in pencil lower right
Year: 1990
Medium: Orig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Return Voyage #3 - Collage and Acrylic on Canvas, Yellow.
Located in New York, NY
Return Voyage #3 is a 30 x 24-inches acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue. The silhouette of a woman stands inside a series of yellow buys, surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Couple #2- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Couple #2
50 x 40 cm
Oil on wood
Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence.
For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections.
For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject.
This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples.
The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone:
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gone, gone again
Located in MADRID, ES
Drawing in gouache, made on a sheet of paper with lithographs from the 19th century (on the back), found in antique shops in Brussels, Belgium.
Bela Silva's work, so organic and col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gouache
Lost 13
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful aerial photography was not staged or manipulated by the artist.
It can also be custom size.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Smoke Sulphur SFE-183
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, 1973
Signed in pencil, numbered 16/30
Published by The Litho Shop, Inc. California with their blindstamp
Very good condition
Sam Francis w...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Purple Mountain Majesty, " Mixed Media on Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Purple Mountain Majesty" is an original mixed media painting on paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. It features an abstracted mountain in purple and gree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Like Ice in the Sunshine II (L.A.) No. 17
Located in New York, NY
15 x 15 archival pigment print (image size 14 x 14 inches), edition 8.
Signed, titled, dated and editioned on frame label provided.
Framing also available at an additional cost.
In ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Helen Taylor, Journey Interrupted, Contemporary Female Artist, River landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
Helen Taylor (Contemporary)
Journey interrupted (by a New Oak)
Oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm
Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She sp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still 10
Located in Belfast, GB
Still 13, 2023
Oil on linen
43 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
110 x 100 cm
"Encountering the work of Ian Cumberland is a peculiar, unsettling experience, as if the vi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Buildings of La Défense Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Buildings of La Defense in the neighbours of Paris France
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
"Tributary III" Contemporary Landscape Waterscape Oil on Canvas Painting
By Eric Abrecht
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Tributary III" is an unframed oil on canvas painting by Eric Abrecht, depicting an abstracted landscape with trees and a pond (waterscape). The artist's technique of painterly, roug...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
A Drop of Red #2 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Fashion, Glamour, Shoes, Ketchup, Red
Located in Zurich, CH
Miles ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
A Drop Of Red #2, 2001
Chromogenic print
Image 73 x 101.5 cm (28 3/4 x 40 in.)
Sheet 83 x 111.5 cm (32 5/8 x 43 7/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 A...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Lady Liberty, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Brian Callaghan captures a New York landmark in a captivating interplay of light and shadow. The sun's gentle glow accentuates the folds of Lady Liberty'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Wave of Rapture, Oil Painting
By Gary Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard creates a striking portrait of a woman plunging into the water. The large, spontaneous brushstrokes of the wave merge into the emotional flo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Totality by Jo Holdsworth abstract contemporary painting
Located in London, GB
Elongated and reflected, Jo Holdsworth’s figures are used as recurring motifs in order to explore the human condition and significant themes such as hope, trust and loyalty. ‘Totali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Parking - large scale photograph - urban architectural element
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Parking by Frank Schott
from a series of photographs capturing urban observations onto humanity and its constructs
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
48 x 72 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Large Diptych "Deep runners" Photograph Signed Surrealist Photo Lithograph
By Eve Sonneman
Located in Surfside, FL
Deep Runners, Hand signed, dated,and numbered from limited edition.
This is from a show at Sidney Janis Gallery and is from the estate of Joan Sonnabend.
Eve Sonneman (born in Chica...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Color
Poetry of the Earth by Katharina Husslein Contemporary Landscape
Located in DE
Poetry of the Earth is an original beautiful and very large contemporary painting full of color and movement. Please measure your wall space before placing an order, as this 125x 280...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Doors #1, 2023 – Miles Aldridge, Woman, Screenprint, Beauty, Art
Located in Zurich, CH
MILES ALDRIDGE (*1964, Great Britain)
Doors #1, 2023
Screenprint in colours
Sheet 73 x 100 cm (28 3/4 x 39 3/8 in.)
Edition of 15, plus 3 AP; Ed. no. 1/15
Print only
A fiercely or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Zephyr - Arctic
Located in Munich, DE
Limited Edition of 15
More sizes on request
Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Tourbillon Bleu
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Christiane Hess (Chrystral) is a French abstract artist born in 1951 who lives and works in Lalinde, near Bergerac in France. Her co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signature No 5 - large, smooth, black granite, outdoor, abstract, sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth black granite engineered to resemble a time signature in music becomes an elegant outdoor sculpture by artist Jeremy Guy.
"In my own abstract work I am acutely aware that na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Granite
California Dreaming I - California, Landscape, Acrylic, Canvas
Located in London, GB
Born in Portsmouth, England in 1969, Claire Smith graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1991 with a 1st Class degree in ‘Fine Art & Printmaking’.
Four years later, Claire moved t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Live colorfully - neon art, noen sign
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang.
This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Neon Light
Louis XVI #01 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 27.5x19.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Louis XVI #1
Part of "Mixed Moods" solo show, until September 29.
Original painting. size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Acrylic on canvas.
The period armchair, style Louis XVI, become th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Kitovras, 120x120cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Kitovras, 120x120cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Week's Worth, Botanical, Insect Painting, Green Luna Moth, Dark Leaves, Cobalt
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
This botanical, insect painting in oil on aluminum depicts a bright green luna moth against a dark background with layered plants, stems and leaves. Fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Lake Tahoe, Fall
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Winkler is a British born, American contemporary landscape painter who has lived most of her life abroad in countries such as Malawi, Africa and Brunei, Borneo. She has lived i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Abyss, 100x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Abyss, 100x70cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - The Sun
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Midday (Nude on Armchair 1) original painting by Paula Craioveanu 39x23in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Midday (Nude on Armchair 1)
Part of my "Nude in Interior" series and part of Mixed Moods solo show, until September 29.
Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm .
Shipped stretch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Summer Vibes, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June." —L.M. Montgomery The work is photographed with my phone. Colors may look a little different, dependi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Grey Goose - Street (Orange Drip)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: Grey Goose - Street (Orange Drip)
Date: 2023
Medium: Aerosol on panel
Unframed Dimensions: 40.5" x 28.6"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Spray Paint
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Untitled, New York Series 9
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hummingbird hunting, 140x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Hummingbird hunting, 140x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Untitled, New York Series 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Cylindrism 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia -Untitled, New York Series 12
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Contemporary Photography by Luca Battaglia - Untitled, New York Series 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Pro pigmentary draw Premium Ultra Smooth Hahnemühle 305 g, edition of 7
Luca Battaglia is an Italian architect and photographer born in 1970 who lives and works in Paris, France. Lu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Composizione 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Elements of Reflection 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Life, Luxury & CafÃ, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Three fabulous women having coffee and discussing life. Friends forever. Secrets. Mysterious allure. Luxurious black hats. Fashionistas throughout time. Sculpted in palette knife...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Coffee and Cigarette 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autumn Rows- contemporary abstract landscape framed mixed media painting
Located in London, GB
Andrew Kinmont:
''I have an overwhelming urge to create. This drive comes from deep within me, a need to explore and find something to say, to have my own individual voice. As humans...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Street 2013 - Dom Magnum
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: Street 2013 - Dom Magnum
Date: 2023
Medium: Aerosol on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 57.5" x 40.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Spray Paint
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Fossiles de Rêve
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne Born in Paris in 1960, Marie-Pierre Autonne studied in a Montessori method school. At the same time, she took drawing lessons ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Mixed Media
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Blue Dream
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel
Marie-Pierre Autonne Born in Paris in 1960, Marie-Pierre Autonne studied in a Montessori method school. At the same time, she took drawing lessons in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil, Acrylic
Shepard Fairey Screen Print Protect Biodiversity - Cultivate Harmony Street Art
Located in Draper, UT
Silkscreen Print on Fine Art Cream Speckletone
24 × 18 in | 61 × 45.7 cm
Edition of 500
Silkscreen / Graffiti and Street Art / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Cultural Commentary / Contemporary Academic Realism
"The Earth's eco-system is beautifully complex but fragile. Biodiversity is essential to maintain the delicate balance our world needs to remain healthy. 68% of the Earth's species have disappeared in the last 50 years alone. Many beautiful creatures are gone forever, and each loss erodes the foundation of our eco-system. My poster...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
AJC road race study I
By Antoine Rose
Located in New York, NY
By hanging out of a helicopter hovering 300 feet in the air, Antoine Rose uniquely captures the Hamptons from a sharp 90 degree angle. This piece is a snapshot of shared beach activi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper, Photograp...
"Fleeting Summer"- Colorful, Moody Changing of the Seasons, Fine Art Photo
By John Mazlish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Summer rapidly fades, making way for autumn. Shot outside of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Printed on archival fine art paper, mounted on dibond aluminum with a float mount backing. Available in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Pression - large, expressive, person, figurative, aluminum outdoor sculpture
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single figure stands precariously on a narrow ‘ledge’…back pressed against a frame, one leg raised and arms out wide as if trying to find balance. This is the engaging work of Quebec Sculptor Paul Duval. His large outdoor sculptures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Contemporary art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stefanie Schneider, Tyler Shields, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, and Richard Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.
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