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.
“Trypillya sun”
Located in Zofingen, AG
The image of the Sun is an ancient symbol of the source of life, light and the continuous movement of time. The solar face combines human features with sacred signs of heavenly light...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Sculptural Rock Formations — Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21220 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. THE ORGANS OF ILLE-SUR-TET – FRANCE LANDSCAPE – GERALD BERGHAMMER Bring quiet drama to your walls with this striking black-and-white landscape photograph. Weathered limestone spires...
Archival Pigment
$950
Bonanza Café (Film Edge), Lone Pine, California - American Diner Interior Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Bonanza Café, iconic photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series, it was the cover artwork on his book Man's Ruin. The photo takes you back to small town Americana with the ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$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
$3,400
Athabasca Black 2/10- tall, modern, geometric, contemporary, steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist inspired pillar by Philippe Pallafray is designed with jagged polished angles in the steel that glint in the sunlight. This piece is number 2 in an edition of 10 and ...
Stainless Steel
$4,179
Ensemble, Plaster by Delphine Brabant - Vertical Abstract Sculpture, White
Located in Paris, FR
Ensemble, plaster is a sculpture by contemporary French artist Delphine Brabant from the “Human Being” series. Edition of 8 + 4 artist's proofs. 16.1 × 12.6 × 7.9 in / 41 × 32 × 20 c...
Plaster
Volcano. Llimited edition: 1/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Located in Riga, LV
An image of the ancient god of fire, patron of blacksmiths and artisans, foundry workers, and, in my opinion, sculptors. It is a powerful and very lonely, tired figure. The sculpture...
Bronze
Ai Weiwei - Have You Seen Ai Weiwei's Cats? poster (Hand Signed by Ai Weiwei)
By Ai Weiwei
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed in red marker by Ai Weiwei, and bearing the Kettle's Yard gallery logo (unnumbered, from a limited edition of fewer than 50 hand signed) The "H...
Offset
Spotted Pond - Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Framed, Contemporary
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large abstract acrylic horizontal painting was inspired by nature. Sandra Goldie’s artwork has been praised by one of Quebec’s leading abstract artists. Leopold Plotek describe...
Canvas, Acrylic
$60Sale Price|20% Off
Konrad Klapheck 'Roland Garros French Open' 2009- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Official event poster designed and created by Konrad Klapheck for the version of Roland Garros French Open 2009 held in Paris. The 2009 Roland Garros poster by Konrad Klapheck is a r...
Offset
$2,475
Wood Drip III - Rainbow Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze and aluminum figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. ...
Metal
$8,000
Alios Itzhak Israel (Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley) Skateboard deck Jewish Museum
Located in New York, NY
Jewish Museum x Kehinde Wiley Alios Itzhak (The Worldstage: Israel), 2011 Transfer print on 100% Canadian maplewood skate deck. Autographed by Kehinde Wiley in black marker Edition ...
Wood
First Connections by Francesca Bernardini - Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble
Located in Paris, FR
First Connections is a unique white Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Francesca Bernardini, dimensions are 24 × 40 × 10 cm (9.4 × 15.7 × 3.9 in). The sculpture is maint...
Marble
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Board Meeting" Oil Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A gorgeous oil painting of surfers paddling out in the warm pink, late afternoon light waiting for the last waves of the day. It's a social piece about friends, the good things in li...
Oil
Morning of the Rooster Signed Lithograph, Black Woman Portrait, 1980s
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING OF THE ROOSTER is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African...
Lithograph
Morning Light in the Mountains — Black and White Limited Edition Panorama Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21025 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,500
Tracey Emin - Kiss Me Towel/Wall Hanging Lt. Ed. hand numbered Official COA New!
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Kiss Me Kiss Me Towel, 2014 with Official plate signed COA Brand new: unframed and comes folded (framed images for inspiration only) Limited Edition silkscreen on oversiz...
Cotton, Paper, Mixed Media, Screen
Quiet Place
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 95×95 cm (overall size with stretching 105×105 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled “Quiet Place” is a work about the need for moments of silence — spa...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pink Chiffon" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a rural scene. A cool blue-violet barn sits in a yellow-gold field and cast...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,800
GARDEN ROMANCE Signed Lithograph, Black Couple Portrait, Lovers, Flower Garden
Located in Union City, NJ
GARDEN ROMANCE by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival Somerset paper using t...
Lithograph
$19,000
Alchemia #3 (Indoor/Outdoor) - glossy red, contemporary, painted steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant abstract sculptures of Stefan Duerst are characterized by clean, flowing lines and minimal form hand forged from steel. This piece is a single ‘ribbon’—a contemporary tow...
Steel
Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida Fine Art B&W Coastal Photo Print with Palms
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11747 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Archival Pigment
$1,865Sale Price|20% Off
Great Pollet Sea Arch, Irish Atlantic Coast, Ireland – Black and White Art Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 11930 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Delicate Grasses IV, original painting, landscape
By Becca Clegg
Located in Deddington, GB
A 15 cm square acrylic painting in 19cm square frame. This painting is inspired by beautiful flowers near the coast in Cromer. A painting with Becca's signature bold vibrant colours....
Canvas, Acrylic
Cherish Study
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for contemporary paintings of water that bridge realism and abstraction. At close range, her surfaces appear loose and ambiguous, but from a distance ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,331
Frozen Apple Trees on a Frosty Morning – Minimalist Black and White Landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21371 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Cancer, 2018, collage, print, figurative, gold, tarot, horoscope, metallic edge
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Cancer, 2018, collage, print, figurative, gold, tarot, horoscope, metallic gold edge, on glossy heavy card stock with pink design on reverse.
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Limited Edition Cypress Trees, Tuscany – Black and White Landscape Photograph
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 ...
Digital Pigment
$2,082Sale Price|30% Off
Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
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...
Lithograph
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
Shared Vision Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, 1990s, Unframed
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Shared Vision," a captivating artwork by Abiodun Nafiu Azeez, beautifully encapsulates the idea of unity and collaboration. In this piece, Azeez skillfu...
Canvas, Oil
$1,492Sale Price|20% Off
Sea Cliffs – Faroe Islands Coastal Landscape Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21339 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,398
Sunset
By Jacob Burda
Located in Zofingen, AG
A blazing red-orange sky stretches above the quiet earth as the golden sun melts into the valley. Below, a shimmering river winds through the landscape, reflecting the last light of ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Tomatoes, Oil Painting
By Steve Boggs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This still life celebrates the simple beauty of homegrown produce. With warm tones and detailed brushwork, artist Steve Boggs captures the essence of his summer...
Oil
$1,671Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Study 2 — Abstract Canyon Landscape, Black-and-White Photograph (USA)
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11901 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$152Sale Price|66% Off
The blue door by William GOLIASCH - Gouache on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gouache
$2,705
Profile Portrait of a Woman in Kenya Wearing Tribal Jewelry, Iconic, Vertical
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Trimmed in Grace" A young Rendille woman wears the traditional adornments of her culture with honor and pride in this iconic, award-winning portrait. The print series Desert Son...
Archival Pigment
$522
Audrey Hepburn with Yorkshire Terrier, Rome by Pierluigi Praturlon - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Gelatin silver press photograph. An elegant and spontaneous press photograph depicting Audrey Hepburn, one of the most beloved and enduring icons of twentieth-century cinema, seated...
Photographic Paper
Duo, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two horses lean on each other as they rest under a night sky. Three white birds soar overhead, heading in the same direction. The scene captures a peaceful mome...
Acrylic
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
Beauty from Within 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics
By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bakare Babatund...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Bird. Reunited After Separation, Original Painting
By Guigen Zha
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two grey herons reunite at a lake. One stands in the shallow water while the other returns in flight. The birds appear in a stylized manner against the water, s...
Acrylic
Poet's House
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor creates evocative single-scene narratives in her whimsical and elaborate photomontages. Working intuitively, Taylor combines 19th Century photographs, found objects, ...
Archival Pigment
$816Sale Price|30% Off
Architectural Layered Cement and Wood Head Sculpture Project Number 8
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This architectural layered cement head sculpture examines the body as a durable dwelling, constructed through stacked volumes and structural fragments. Part of José Perozo’s Proyecto...
Concrete
$9,675
Feline VI by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, bronze, cat, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Feline VI is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 29 × 83 × 15 cm (11.4 × 32.7 × 5.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Bronze
$7,500
FIRST SUNDAY Signed Lithograph, Black Church Women, Hats Children Gullah Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
FIRST SUNDAY is a hand drawn, early limited edition lithograph by the South Carolina artist JONATHAN GREEN printed in 1993, using hand lithograph...
Lithograph
$4,000
"Wrapped in Thoughts III", Encaustic Figurative Abstract, Neutral and Warm Tones
By Rinat Goren
Located in Carmel, CA
Rinat Goren (Israeli, American, born 1964) "Wrapped in Thoughts III" 2019 Encaustic paint on cradled wood panel The artist signed the bottom right corner of the painting. “Wrapped i...
Encaustic, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
Original Damien Hirst, 2022, Signed, Nūr Jahān (H10-2) from The Empresses
By Damien Hirst
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Damien Hirst Title: Nūr Jahān (H10-2) Medium: Laminated giclee print with screenprinted glitter on aluminum composite panel Date: 2022 Edition: 1946/3041 Sheet Size: 39 3/8" ...
Glitter, Giclée, Screen
$2,089
Cave View to the Ocean Arch, Galicia, Spain — Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21210 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,322
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
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
Catching Koi
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
All my life I have held a fascination with the animal kingdom, which began in my childhood growing up on a farm and extended into my adult years. On some inexplicable level I feel a ...
Archival Pigment
Black Rage, silkscreen print with COA Signed 53/100 by Glenn Ligon, Framed
By Glenn Ligon
Located in New York, NY
Renowned contemporary conceptual African American artist Glenn Ligon Black Rage (back cover), 2019 Silkscreen and digital print Edition number 53/100 Accompanied by an official Certi...
Digital, Screen
Rest, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two horses share a gentle moment in this playful yet serene painting by artist Jaime Ellsworth. The orange equine leans its head along the back of its cream-col...
Acrylic
Alexander Calder 'Spirales' Lithograph, 1974, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first release lithograph titled Spirales by Alexander Calder is a captivating piece of art that showcases Calder's signature style of bold, swirling forms. The lithograph is pla...
Lithograph
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Africa Motifs 8 -21st Century Contemporary, Abstract Expressionism, Design
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,444
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20
Located in New york, NY
Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem, New York series. Two children enjoy a blissf...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dreamlike Landscape with Tree, Moon... - Lithograph by Franco Fortunato - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on paper. Hand signed. Artist Proof. Excellent condition. This poetic work by Franco Fortunato presents a surreal night landscape filled with quiet symbolism and...
Lithograph
$1,771Sale Price|20% Off
The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: The Billiard Player Artist: Anonymous Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in Period: c. 2000 Condition: Good Art Movement: Contemporary Figurativism, Neofiguratio...
Canvas, Oil
Be Yourself: Contemporary Screen Print, Signed, 2010+ Edition
Located in Bristol, GB
12 colour screenprint with a two varnish overlay Edition of 125 Signed, numbered and dated on the back Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process. Sold with a...
Screen
Landscape - Oil Paint - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by an italian painter in 1990s and hand signed "De Silvestri". Very good condition.
Oil
My Rampage is Over (Artist Proof)
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, My Rampage is Over, 2019 21 Colour Screenprint with Varnish Overlay on Somerset Satin Tub Sized 410gsm Paper 29 1/2 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm) Edition of 125 / This bein...
Screen