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
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Michael Caine filming Get Carter LIFETIME black and white photographic print
Located in Norwich, GB
Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Musing - Contemporary, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Musing - 2019
48x46cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL219-659.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid
Happiness is What Matters - Original Colorful Abstract Street Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Ellsworth Kelly (after)- Composition, 1958 Lithograph From DLM
By (after) Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (after)
Title: Composition (Axsom No. I-G)
Year: 1964
Dimensions: 15in. by 11in.
Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches
Mount Board Color: White/Black
Prin...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
'You are my Baby' (Till Death do us Part) - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'You are my Baby' (Till Death do us Part), 2005,
20x24cm,
Edition 2/10,
digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label, artist Inventory No. 9377....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Rhapsody
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rhapsody - 2016
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-110.
Not mounted.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Spring flowers (set of 2) Pocket Paintings set, Still life, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Set of 2 paintings by Dani Humberstone
Crocus Purple Pink Pocket Painting
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip
Pocket Purple Pink Crocus is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay of Poets - Mediterranean landscape on cotton canvas, limited edition 2 of 5
Located in London, GB
'Bay of Poets' 2024
Cotton canvas print.
A timeless monochrome Mediterranean landscape, captured with a large-format 4x5 film camera and developed in the artist’s studio.
Printed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas
"Lone" - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting with Light and Shadow
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato’s "Lone" (2025) is a masterful oil painting that captures a moment of quiet introspection within an interior space. Measuring 46 x 60 inches, this large-scale work exemp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Synthesis bench by Tom Price - light sculpture and bench
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Resin, tar, steel, acrylic, LED. 45 cm × 220 cm × 35 cm. Available on commission. Production delay: 8 months.
Synthesis Bench is one of Tom Price's 'hybrid' artworks sitting halfway ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Kyoto VII Landscape Silver Pavilion by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style painting
Located in Paris, FR
Kyoto VII Landscape – Silver Pavilion is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and gold leaves on Japanese ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cotton Candy Cumulus Citrine - Original Orange Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Heartbreak Motel
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Heartbreak Motel, 2016,
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage
Located in Union City, NJ
JUMPIN & JIVIN' is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist James Denmark printed on archival Somerset pap...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Saturday - Figurative Watercolor Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Travesti Hairy Diva oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: "Travesti, Hairy Diva"
Artist: Unknown
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24.4 x 20.5 in
Period: 21st century
Framing: Unframed
Work Description
"Travesti, Hairy Diva" is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Voluptuous Nude Muse oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: "Voluptuous Nude Muse"
Artist: Apyle
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24.4 x 20.5 in
Framing: Unframed
Style: Figurative with neo-figurative influences
Period: Contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Indian Chief by African-American Artist, Contemporary Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
By contemporary African-American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain) a portrait of a black indigenous Indian chief. Acrylic, oil pastel, and ballpoint pen, The Black Indian Chief, 2024 30 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
"Harmonia 20-7" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Harmonia 20-7" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by David Skillicorn, with a large organic orange form on a dark blue background. The artist's technique applying layered brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
''News from Earth'' Unique Wooden Sculpture of Astronaut with Newspaper
Located in Utrecht, NL
German artist Philipp Liehr first discovered his extraordinary dexterity as a dental technician. He soon perfected this artistically as a cartoonist and during his training as a scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
The Elephant (Untitled)
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, The Elephant, 2023
Screenprint in colours on wove paper
56 x 76 cm (22 x 29 9/10 in)
Edition of 125
Hand-signed and numbered on the reverse
David Shrigley
Briti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Blue Fingernails (29 Palms, CA) - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Fingernails (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
50x50cm,
Edition of 10.
digital C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist inventory number: 21083.
Not mou...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Cartagena - Large Earth Tone Geometric Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Axelle Gosse creates intricate, tactile compositions using rope and fabric, transforming everyday materials into striking contemporary artworks. Inspired by her extensive travels acr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Canvas
Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) 50x50cm - Polaroid, Contemporary, 20th Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Girl Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs,
50x50cm,
Archival C-Print,
Not mounted,
based on the Polaroid, Signature label and Certificate,
Artist inve...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
"Burgundy Wall Phone", floral needlepoint wrapped around vintage landline phone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Burgundy Wall Phone" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be wall-mounted or be free standing. This piece is made from sourcing vintage needlepoint embroidery and ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile, Tapestry, Mixed Media
Cotton Candy Cumulus Shelly Green - Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Composition 172 by Sean Thornhill - Contemporary Relief Geometric Wall Sculpture
Located in DE
Sean Thornhill is an artist and designer based in Cambridgeshire, creating from the serenity of his garden studio. Drawing inspiration from the bold geometry of Bauhaus and the raw a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, House Paint, Acrylic, Cardboard
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in Car for “To Catch a Thief”
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white film still of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant posed in car for the film “To Catch a Thief”, circa 1955.
To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directe...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Guardain Cat by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze cat animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Faith Ringgold 'Groovin' High' 1996- Serigraph Unsigned, Printer's Proof
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a printer’s proof of Groovin’ High, created by the esteemed artist and civil rights activist Faith Ringgold. Unlike the official edition, this p...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Toujours Paris Twilight, France, Mixed Media, Art and Photography, Aqua Emerald
Located in New york, NY
A mixed-media lens-based work in a color-field style with an emphasis on color, Roberta Fineberg paints with oil and watercolor pastels, rendering her subjects (books) abstract. Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Dig...
ICES Cornflower Blue, Bexhill-on-Sea - Pop Art Typography Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Cornflower Blue, bold pop art street photography from Richard Heeps' series, On-Sea.
Created as an ode to Richard's childhood visits to his grandparents living on the Sussex co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Cotton Candy Cumulus Mountainberry - Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Pomegranate Ripe Pocket Painting 4c, Still life, Sweet Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ripe Pomegranate 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Calliope (50x50cm) - Contemporary, Polaroid, 21 Century, Color, Mystical
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Calliope (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
50x50cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.
Alchemist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
All my most Beautiful
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
All my most Beautiful - 2016,
20x20cm.
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signature label with certificate.
Artist inventory PL...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Moonlit coast
Located in Burlingame, CA
Moonlit Coast - The painting was created in 2025 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Shrigley - I Woke You At Dawn, I Make No Apology - Edition of 30
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley
I Woke You At Dawn, 2024
Woodcut
53 x 40 cm
Edition of 30
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
published by Shäfer Editions and comes with COA from the publishers
D...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Woodcut
Running with Guns (Long Way Home)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Running with Guns (Long Way Home) - 1999,
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid.
Signed on back with certificate.
Artist I...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Redwoods Study II - large format observation panorama of green redwoods forest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature biotope, a highly detailed observation of the natural beauty of Northern California's coastal redwood forest
Redwoods Study II ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
December 2020 A
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Edition of 25
42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in)
Signed and numbered 20/25 on a label affixed to the back
After original ink drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Polymer, Giclée
"Thin Ice"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waiting for Response (Strange Love)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Waiting for Response (Strange Love) - 2005
50 x 40 cm,
Edition of 10,
Archival C-Print, based on an i-sight video chat.
Signature label and certificate.
Not mounted.
A piece of S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Video, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Skirt 1/3 - small, surrealist, canoe, male, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pierre Trudeau, a former Canadian Prime Minister and an avid outdoorsman and canoeist once said, “Paddle a hundred miles in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.”
This play...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Donald Sultan 'Seven Blues Jan. 24, 2024' - Limited Edition Silkscreen
Located in New York, NY
Donald Sultan's 'Seven Blues Jan. 24, 2024' is a masterful color silkscreen featuring enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like textures, limited to an edition of 30.
Donald Sułtan
Seven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Woman in the Boudoir oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman in the Boudoir
Artist: Anonymous
Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in
Technique: Oil on canvas
Support: Unframed canvas
Style: Contemporary figurative art in the style of Fernando...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lotus in Layers Boutique XL
Located in Manchester, GB
Gareth Tristan Evans, Lotus in Layers Boutique XL
Giclée printed canvas combining digital and traditional design with hand-applied techniques in the application of acrylics, Gold Le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Floral Still Life with Calla Lilies, Dahlias, and Freesia in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floral Still Life with Calla Lilies, Dahlias, and Freesia in Oil on Canvas
Bright and vibrant still life of a floral arrangement by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Woman Nude at Rest oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman Nude at Rest
Artist: Anonymous
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.37 x 31.89 in
Date: c. 2000
Movement / Style: Contemporary Figuration, Neo-Figurative and Satirica...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photo of a naked young woman wrapped in air bubbles. The photograph depicts only her body, the face is not visible. A very bright eye catching artwork.
The pool was freez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Gloria by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze horse animal sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Making out in Car - from Till Death do us Part
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Making out in Car (Till Death do us Part) - 2005
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print print, based on a Polaroid,
Certificate and Signature label
artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The End of Love (29 Palms, CA) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The End of Love - Oxana's 30th Birthday (29 Palms, CA) - 2010 -
Edition 1/10 ,
20x24cm.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist inventory Number 4898.13.
Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Glass Water Bag Sculpture Trio
Located in East Quogue, NY
Glass water bag sculptures - solid and hollow glass (set of 3)
Martinez' hyperreal sculptures are hot sculpted glass which is hand molded entirely by the artist. Each bag is signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
My thoughts flood back to you - warm pink and gold abstract painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
A warm, enveloping ethereal painting, made for contemplation and wonder. A story that never ends, is never the same. A romance. A dreamscape.
That is "My thoughts flood back to you",...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Marcita by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A colorful acrylic and oil pastel Picassoesque portrait of a woman with a daisy tiara, Marcita, 2025 by African American artist Bai is 15” x 11” drawing/painting on watercolor paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
In The Sky (35/50) - Steel Figurative Sculpture with Glossy Red Balloon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Saroufim creates installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dialogue betwee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Twiggy Getting into Car
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white candid capture of model Twiggy getting into a car with a man holding an umbrella overhead.
Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultur...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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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