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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 - Animal Portrait Photography
Located in Paris, FR
'Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013' is a limited-edition fine art photograph by American photographer Brad Wilson. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Paper, 2013...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Prometheus Freed by Walter Peter Brenner - mythological figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Prometheus Freed is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. It is a tribute to the hero of the Greek mythology, Prometheus, who granted human the ability to think. Pro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

"Untitled" 2013 mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco. Signed front lower right corner.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Gobbledygook" monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment by Mel Bochner
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Gobbledygook" monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper from Two Palms Publishing. Signed and dated Bochner 2017 lower right recto. Ima...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving

"Vietnam 02, Untitled" signed mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Vietnam 02, Untitled" mixed media artwork by artist Raphael Mazzucco. Signed on front lower right corner.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Alone Again
By KAWS
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
KAWS Alone Again, 2018, (56/100) Screenprint in colors on wove paper 32 x 53.25 in
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Dead Low)
Located in New York, NY
In Colin Hunt’s new paintings, myriad tiny rocks, grains of sand, and strands of rockweed form a coastal beach, while lush forests pierce a crystalline sky. Elsewhere, palpable mists...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Panel, Egg Tempera

"Eocene" archival print and acrylic paint encased in resin by Raphael Mazzucco
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Eocene" archival print of a nude woman and acrylic paint encased in resin signed mixed media work by artist Raphael Mazzucco.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

The Nose Knows by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Cow Mixed Media with Black, White
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stockbroker turned artist Dawne Raulet stumbled into painting when she least expected it. Frazzled by a fulltime financial career and two small infants at home and in desperate need ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Finding a Foothold
Located in San Diego, CA
"Finding A Foothold" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. Shima is an encaustic painter working in the ancient art form of painting with molten beeswa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Encaustic

Un Jardín en mi Hogar
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career. Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Orange Poppies - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies' Analogue colour floral photography. London, United Kingdom 2024. Limited edition of 10. Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these limited ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

David Yarrow Photograph / Ferrari II / Staged Wolves Series, Vintage Car
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ferrari II In the 1950s, the Californian Dream made Route 66 the most famous road in the world. The route of flight for the American Middle Class, the stretch of road east of Ambo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ingres & I, Yue Minjun- Contemporary Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Ingres and I Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 × 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Queen of Bavaria" Yellow Bird Original Oil painting in Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Queen of Bavaria Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Elizabeth Peyton, Frederick Douglass - Signed Linocut Print, Pop Art, Portrait
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elizabeth Peyton (American, b. 1965) Frederick Douglass, 2023 Medium: Linocut print on Japan paper Dimensions: 61 x 46 cm Edition of 30: Hand-signed, numbered, titled and dated Condi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

France-Lise McGurn, Dream Bod and Bronco, British Contemporary Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
France-Lise McGurn (British, b. 1983) Dream bod and Bronco, 2020 Medium: 14 color screenprint on paper Dimensions: 42 cm x 60 cm Edition of 80: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Mint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Village 1
Located in Barcelona, ES
Tinta china, acuarela, tinta acrílica sobre papel artístico Canson
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Jardim das Fragilidades
Located in Porto, 13
Jardim das Fragilidades by Ritchelly Oliveira unveils a captivating portrayal that interlaces themes of vulnerability and beauty. At the core of the composition stands a man, his sta...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Blue Face from the Brushstroke Figures Series
Located in Miami, FL
Lithograph, waxtype woodcut and screenprint on 638-g/m cold-pressed Saunders Waterford Paper. From the "Brushstroke Figures" series, 1989. Hand signed rf Lichtenstein, dated ('89) a...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut

Ed Ruscha 'Note' Signed Five Color Screenprint on Sandpaper 2017
Located in Miami, FL
ED RUSCHA (1937-Present) Ed Ruscha's piece 'Note' is 2017 five color screenprint on sandpaper. This piece is signed, dated and numbered 79/85 in pencil, published by Gemini G.E.L. i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Firenze, FI
Untitled Mixed media on canvas Size 100x100 cm Andrea Stella Florence 1950 - 2019 A gifted genius born in Florence of Greek heritage, resided alternately in two cities that are t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

CRESCENT OBELISK - Contemporary Realism / Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Kevin Palme
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thomas Ruff, Queen in Car - Double-sided digital pigment print, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958) Queen in Car, 2021 Medium: Double-sided digital pigment print on cardboard (glossy front, matt verso) Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm Edition of 30: Hand-signed ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fighting, Yue Minjun - Art, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Art, Print
Located in Zug, CH
Yue Minjun, Fighting Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph Edition of 130 80 x 120 cm (47 1/5 × 31 1/2 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied by C...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Belonging to the famous Flower series, this sculpture is an abstract reinterpretation of still life tradition. Donald Sultan, Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 Black Tulips and Vase, A...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Vitrail 2, Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Limited Edition, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Joana Vasconcelos, Vitrail 2 Vitrail 2, Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Limited Edition, Edition Pigment Print Edition of 25 111.7 x 86.1 cm (44 x 33.5 in) Signed, numbere...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment

Mazzucco: "Enclosed" archival print, oil paint and mixed media encased in resin
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Enclosed" archival print of a female nude, oil paint and mixed media (including ball of twine and light bulb) encased in resin by artist Raphael Mazzucco. Signed in lower right corner.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Magenta Balloon Dog Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture. Balloon Dog (Magenta) - Jeff K...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Porcelain

Rise of a Lollipop Man: The Bike - Original Hand Blown Glass Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Boris Shpeizman, an glass craftsman, transforms the childhood dreams of men into tangible art, focusing on the yearning for unattained toys and their delicate inner worlds. He crafte...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

They didn't teach me how to be loved
Located in Porto, 13
"They Didn't Teach Me How to Be Loved" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a poignant depiction that explores themes of love, vulnerability, and the absence of guidance. Against a backdrop of p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Hombre Colorado II
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches. This work is a good representation of the ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Papier Mâché

Insomnia
Located in Porto, 13
"Insomnia" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a thought-provoking painting that draws viewers into the depths of the human psyche. Against a white background, the central focus of the artwork ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician. Jan Henderikse, Nul Contemporary, 21st Century, Sc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Neon Light

Untitled I
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil pastel on 350 g/m2 textured paper. With thoughts on 21st century humans and their future, João Cardoso concludes that technology brings tools for two extremes. Thus, technology,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Sarah Morris, Color Referents (Miami) - Portfolio of 9 Prints, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Sarah Morris (American, born 1967) Color Referents (Miami), 2003 Medium: Portfolio of 9 digital pigment prints, on photo rag paper Dimensions: 68 x 68 cm (26¾ x 26¾ in) each Edition ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Kings of the Renaissance Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art oriental art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Yoshitomo Nara and Hiroshi Sugito, Untitled (Omaha) - Signed Print, Contemporary
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959, Japanese) and Hiroshi Sugito (b. 1970, Japanese) Untitled (Omaha), 2005 Medium: Lithograph on paper Dimensions: 53.5 x 62.5 cm Edition of 100 + 10 AP: Hand-s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Fade to #3
Located in MADRID, ES
Colour pencil on Canson 300 g/m2 paper.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color Pencil

Fade to #21
Located in MADRID, ES
Colour pencil on Canson 300 g/m2 paper.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color Pencil

Skull with Shutters
Located in Manchester, GB
Geoffrey Key is a highly acclaimed and celebrated artist known for his bold, distinctive style and his ability to capture the essence of the human form and the natural world. His pai...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Four Chairs at Poolside
Located in Miami, FL
This work is the study for Pool Chairs. It is different chairs and also brightly colored but painted on board and framed. This work is an indoor work only and is beautifully framed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Swatch No - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese
Located in Zug, CH
Wang Guangyi, Swatch No Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition, Chinese Lithograph on Velin BFK Rives 300 gr Accompanied by poem by Fernando Arrabal 120 x 80 cm (4...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mentor
Located in Greenwich, CT
Jim Rennert Biography American, b. 1958 National Sculpture Society Fellow Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Leaving Earth
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.​ The strength and fragility of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

TEACUPS - Contemporary Still Life / Russian American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Olga Antonova
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Burn I
Located in Fairfield, CT
Edition of 11
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled - abstract, oil painting, squares, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. This artwork is part of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Tony Cragg, Palette (from For Joseph Beuys) - Wall Sculpture, Signed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tony Cragg (British, b. 1949) Palette (from For Joseph Beuys), 1986 Medium: Wooden palette covered with coloured plastic granules Dimensions: 75 × 58 × 1.5 cm (29 1/2 × 22 4/5 × 3/5 ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Shadow of a Doubt
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pen

Vignettes
Located in Lenox, MA
Vignettes Printed by the Artist Ormond Gigli Born New York City, 1925 Ormond Gigli became famous early on during the 1950s for his photographs of theatre, celebrities, dance, exotic persons & places. His work appeared prominently on covers & editorial pages of LIFE, TIME, PARIS MATCH, SATURDAY EVENING POST, COLLIERS, and other major international publications. Gigli's groundbreaking portraits include Sophia Loren (at age 21), Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, John F. Kennedy, Halston, Gina Lollobrigida, Diana Vreeland, Giancarlo Giannini, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Sir Laurence Olivier, Alan...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

David Shrigley, White Elephant - Linocut, British Pop Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
David Shrigley (British, b. 1968) White Elephant, 2021 Medium: Linocut print on wove paper Dimensions: 57 x 44 cm Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Mint
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

Checkered Blanket
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writes about the drawing: When it comes to purchasing a blanket, many of us are drawn to the timeless appeal of a plaid pattern, which is often present in abstract art. Have you ever wondered why this particular design is so popular? I must admit, I don't have the answer. However, picture this: two individuals lying on a checkered...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pen

They
Located in Fairfield, CT
Red Porsche Guard on Fiberglass Edition of 6
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Automotive Paint, Fiberglass

Joonsang Park Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Scientific Name Tiger”. Provenance: Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida | Private Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes:...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

Luc Tuymans, Superstition - Signed Screenprint, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Lux Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958) Superstition, 2005 Medium: Screenprint in 5 colors on Somerset paper Dimensions: 40 x 32 cm Edition of 100 + 5 A.P.: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

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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