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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
Sébastien Ardouin Dumazet - "Japanese Chrysanthemums" Floral painting
Sébastien Ardouin Dumazet - "Japanese Chrysanthemums" Floral painting

Sébastien Ardouin Dumazet - "Japanese Chrysanthemums" Floral painting

By Sébastien Ardouin Dumazet

Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR

Sébastien Ardouin Dumazet (b. 1972) – "Japanese Chrysanthemums" Oil on oxidized gilded leaf on canvas, 2026, 25⅝ × 36¼ in. (65 × 92 cm) "Japanese Chrysanthemums" is a floral composi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Copper

Green Meadow with Laurel Tree – Limited Edition Color Landscape Photograph
Green Meadow with Laurel Tree – Limited Edition Color Landscape Photograph

Green Meadow with Laurel Tree – Limited Edition Color Landscape Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21266 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Calm Sea Panorama with Tree, Limited Edition Large Color Landscape Photograph
Calm Sea Panorama with Tree, Limited Edition Large Color Landscape Photograph

Calm Sea Panorama with Tree, Limited Edition Large Color Landscape Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21300 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake

Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake

By Francesco Clemente

Located in New York, NY

A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, a ship, Venus sculpture, greek urns, and snakes, printed in black o...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Muscle Boy Photograph, Limited Edition 11/15, Harlem, New York City 1963, Signed
Muscle Boy Photograph, Limited Edition 11/15, Harlem, New York City 1963, Signed

Muscle Boy Photograph, Limited Edition 11/15, Harlem, New York City 1963, Signed

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Muscle Boy is an iconic image by Leonard Freed who was a pioneer in documentary photography. In this photo a boy flexes his muscles for the camera perhaps making a statement about...

Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...

Radiance - painting, acrylic on canvas
Radiance - painting, acrylic on canvas

Radiance - painting, acrylic on canvas

By Sasha Rogers

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary abstract landscape painting is by Sasha Rogers. The luminous, expressive paintings of this Canadian artist are rooted in her childhood memories of growing up on th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Bright Colors Can Be Moody" Pop Art Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas
"Bright Colors Can Be Moody" Pop Art Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas

"Bright Colors Can Be Moody" Pop Art Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas

By Logan Ledford

Located in New York, NY

An abstract piece with vivid use of color and mixed media on canvas. Like splashes of a raindrop or flickering lights through the busy city remind us of these colorful canvases. The ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Inner Nature 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. “Your mind knows...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Corner Desk, Oil Painting
Corner Desk, Oil Painting

Corner Desk, Oil Painting

By David Thelen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A small desk and chair rest against a blue grey wall. Sunlight filters through a tall window, casting warm light across the room. This modern painting finds mov...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love
Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love

Sisterhood 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Sisterhood is also about growth and transformation. As we go through life, we change and evolve as individuals, and our relationships with our sisters change and evolve with us. The ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Poems LXXXV - Blue Contemporary Abstract Textural Thread and Acrylic Paint Art
Poems LXXXV - Blue Contemporary Abstract Textural Thread and Acrylic Paint Art

Poems LXXXV - Blue Contemporary Abstract Textural Thread and Acrylic Paint Art

By Raul de la Torre

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Barcelona artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to material. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collaborates wi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Cerises Rouges Limited Edition Print, Archival Ink, 30x40 cm, Signed, Still Life
Cerises Rouges Limited Edition Print, Archival Ink, 30x40 cm, Signed, Still Life

Cerises Rouges Limited Edition Print, Archival Ink, 30x40 cm, Signed, Still Life

Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR

Work : Limited Edition Print of 20, from the original oil painting "Cerises Rouges" by Gabriel Riesnert. Medium : Archival Pigment inkjet on BFK Rives White Arches 310g. Dimensions...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Deer in Fairy Forest, Mystical Tree, Madeira – Black and White Landscape Photo
Deer in Fairy Forest, Mystical Tree, Madeira – Black and White Landscape Photo

Deer in Fairy Forest, Mystical Tree, Madeira – Black and White Landscape Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21073 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Woman Protestor, 1960s, Washington, Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 14x11
Woman Protestor, 1960s, Washington, Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 14x11

Woman Protestor, 1960s, Washington, Signed Gelatin Silver Photograph, 14x11

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

American photographer Leonard Freed enjoyed documentary storytelling and as a "concerned photographer" his photography demonstrated humanitarian concerns. Woman Protestor, March on Washington, 1963 by Leonard Freed, is a 14" x 11" gelatin silver photograph, signed and stamped on verso (back of photo) by the estate, Brigitte Freed (wife of the photographer). The photo is in Leonard Freed's book “This Is the Day: The March on Washington'' (p. 50). The photographer travelled to New York, Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, capturing the daily lives of African-Americans. Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the East Coast to the Deep South, Freed’s photo essay culminated in the book Black in White America, which contributed to Freed's becoming a well-known documentary photographer of 20th Century America. After Freed’s death in 2006 his widow, Brigitte Freed was inspired to compile a book on the March on Washington from her late husband’s archive because she heard then-Senator former President Barack Obama remark to an audience of civil rights activists, “I stand here because you walked.” The March on Washington series is a powerful visual testimony, capturing protests that culminated in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream'' speech, delivered at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. 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, a social documentary photographer. 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 (1972-79). Freed's coverage of the American civil rights...

Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Afrocentric Radiance
Afrocentric Radiance

Afrocentric Radiance

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

In a vibrant celebration of African heritage and beauty, our protagonist, a stunning black African woman, graces the scene with her majestic presence. Crowned with a voluminous afro ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Five Stamps in the Lake, Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited Edition
Five Stamps in the Lake, Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited Edition

Five Stamps in the Lake, Minimalist Black and White Photograph – Limited Edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21200 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Castaway - Abstract Playful Earth Tone Textural Paint Splat Mixed Media Artwork
Castaway - Abstract Playful Earth Tone Textural Paint Splat Mixed Media Artwork

Castaway - Abstract Playful Earth Tone Textural Paint Splat Mixed Media Artwork

By Amber Goldhammer

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

Rock shapes Panorama - minimalist color seascape - Halong Bay - limited edition
Rock shapes Panorama - minimalist color seascape - Halong Bay - limited edition

Rock shapes Panorama - minimalist color seascape - Halong Bay - limited edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. Large rocks rising from the water with, surrounded by calm water and distant limestone cliffs and islands. Archival pigment ink print...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture
"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture

"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture

By Dylan Martinez

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Pinky" - Small Glass Pac-Man Ghost Sculpture by Dylan Martinez. Size: 5" h x 4.5" w. Signed on the base by the artist. Each sculpture is unique. These whimsical Pac-Man Ghost scu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman
No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman

No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Alejandro Casanova (Spanish artist) No title 80 x 80 cm Oil paint on canvas Alejandro (Ale) Casanova was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1981. In the capital of Turia, he studied Fine ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography
Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography

Bent Tree in Fog, Laurel Forest – Madeira – Limited Edition Colour Photography

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 5 // Gallery ID: 21250 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd 48 x 72 i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer
Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer

Porto Miggiano (framed) - Italian Mediterranean beach landscape in summer

By Massimo Vitali

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Southern Italy's Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

Red Sea Sunset, Giclée Print Diptych, Pink and Purple Calm Cave Waters, Serene
Red Sea Sunset, Giclée Print Diptych, Pink and Purple Calm Cave Waters, Serene

Red Sea Sunset, Giclée Print Diptych, Pink and Purple Calm Cave Waters, Serene

By Ryan Rivadeneyra

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...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, G...

Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 532
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 532

Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 532

Located in Miami Beach, FL

These extraordinary photographs are part of the the Hotel Chelsea series. The Hotel Chelsea closed its doors for the first time in its iconic history of over one hundred years. Amer...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting

Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece is an abstract acrylic painting created on a wood panel. It features a bold, energetic composition built from large, block-like shapes and expressive strokes of saturated ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances
Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances

Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Sparkle

Sparkle

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Three Pink Lotus Flowers, Mekong Delta, Vietnam — Large-Scale Panorama Photo
Three Pink Lotus Flowers, Mekong Delta, Vietnam — Large-Scale Panorama Photo

Three Pink Lotus Flowers, Mekong Delta, Vietnam — Large-Scale Panorama Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21378 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Attracted by the Sea, Kannesteinen, Norway - Minimalist Black and White Seascape
Attracted by the Sea, Kannesteinen, Norway - Minimalist Black and White Seascape

Attracted by the Sea, Kannesteinen, Norway - Minimalist Black and White Seascape

By Gerald Berghammer

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 ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Intertwining Vines, 2025
Intertwining Vines, 2025

Intertwining Vines, 2025

By Marilla Palmer

Located in New York, NY

Marilla Palmer Intertwining Vines, 2025 watercolor, embroidery, pressed flowers, Durabright prints on Arches paper 30 x 22 in. (pal265) Marilla Palmer lives and works in Brooklyn, N...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Sequins, Watercolor

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.