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.
$2,122
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Tree, Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Study 4, Portugal - no. 21023 // Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Old trees in the fairy forest on the mystical island of Madeira, Fan...
Digital Pigment
Albert - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Papier Mâché, 2010+
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary figurative floor sculpture is created from papier mâché. For decades Paul Duval has reimagined the human form in charming sculptures beautifully handcrafted from p...
Mixed Media
$3,537
Drangarnir Sea Arch, Faroe Islands – Minimalist Long-Exposure Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21269 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,074Sale Price|25% Off
Original Pastel Drawing of Horse Race at Royal Ascot 2002 with Golan & Nayef
Located in Preston, GB
Original Pastel Drawing on Paper of Horse Race at Royal Ascot 2002 with Golan & Nayef Art measures 25 x 18 inches Frame measures 33 x 26 inches Nayef was pipped by Golan in t...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Palm Trees on the Roadside, Black and White Landscape Photo, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21032 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$4,000
April Green Wyatt Mountain - Spring Forest Virginia Landscape Rocks Trees, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
The densely treed forest of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject for this highly detailed contemporary landscape painting. The many shades of green in the foliage, the pale brown a...
Oil, Panel
$1,128Sale Price|20% Off
Brassica Napus – Tree Avenue Landscape, France B&W Photograph Minimalist
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11983 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$200Sale Price|20% Off
Botero Mozart '91 Salzburg Vintage Lithograph, Contemporary Art Print
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original limited edition poster for Mozart '91, Salzburg. Published by Marlborough Gallery, New York. Lithograph printed on Arches paper with deckled edges. This original lithograph...
Lithograph
$1,698Sale Price|20% Off
As Catedrais Beach, Limited Edition Black and White Seascape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21219 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Archival Pigment
$140Sale Price|20% Off
Trois Plantes, by Francois Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
In Trois Plants, François Houtin envisions a fantastical botanical specimen rising like an ornate tower of intertwined foliage and blossoms. Each element—stem, leaf, and tendril—is r...
Etching
$1,886Sale Price|20% Off
Madeira Peaks at Sunrise, Shadow Mountains, Black and White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21229 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Dogs Screen Print on Silk, Signed Edition of 300, Contemporary, 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Dogs is a artwrok realized by Giuseppe Viviani in 1964. The artwork consist in an original screen print on silk. Hand signed signed by the Artist. Edition of 300, of which only a ...
Screen
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Suburb Spruce, Contemporary Oil Painting on Panel, 12x9 Inches
By Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created from a photograph taken during a snowy weekend at the artist’s mother-in-law’s home in New York. A single evergreen stands in a quiet, snow-covered yard, se...
Oil, Wood Panel
$27,521Sale Price|20% Off
Golden Yellow Orange Sunset in New York, Contemporary Cityscape Painting Framed
Located in Preston, GB
Golden Yellow Orange Sunset in New York, Contemporary Cityscape Painting Framed by British Urban Landscape Artist Angela Wakefield. This original is part of the New York Series, a bo...
Linen, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$1,698Sale Price|20% Off
Breakwater Pier, France – Black and White Limited Edition Seascape 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
Contemporary Pumpkin Screenprint on Arches Paper, Signed, 21st Century
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins Edition 77 of 120 38 x 32.5 cm (15 x 12.8 in) 44.5 x 36.5 x 2.5 cm, 17.5 x 14.4 x 1 in Signed, numbered, dated and titled o...
Screen
Premonition of Eternity, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Premonition of Eternity" – Contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas. The surface is constructed through successive layers of greens, gold, sepia, and magenta, incorporating tran...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Ocean View
Located in Napa, CA
Victoria Veedell captures the essence of nature by examining the effects of light on form in the natural world in her softly glowing landscape paintings. Inspired by her travels thr...
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
$2,264Sale Price|20% Off
Madeira Peaks — Mountain Road in Morning Haze, Portugal – Limited B&W Photo
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
$2,948
The Way to the Vineyard, Tuscany, Italy, Color Landscape Photography, Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21260 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Landscape – Original Painting on Canvas Contemporary Art Unique Art
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: "Landscape" is an original painting on canvas (50x50 cm) by Marilina Marchica, a contemporary artist who explores the relationship between nature, material, and memory t...
Enamel
Clear Bubble Fish Water Bag - Hyperreal Glass Sculpture (Limited Edition)
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW! Limited Edition Hyperreal Bubble Fish glass water bag sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hand-molded, hot-sculpted glass,...
Glass
Remembrance #35 by Maho Maeda - Fiber Art and painting, Japanese, brown
By Maho Maeda
Located in Paris, FR
Remembrance #35 is a work by the Japanese artist Maho Maeda. This work is composed of two assembled panels that give the work two different surfaces: canvas and wood. Acrylic, colore...
Textile, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
Rethinking It All
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is cast and manipulated stone, fiberglass, iron, and casters. Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one anoth...
Cast Stone, Iron
$15,000
Forth One - Contemporary Pink Yellow Green Geometric Abstract Painting, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on canvas, Rebekah Andrade explores the intricate language of abstract painting, navigating through the diverse realms of expr...
Canvas, Oil
$2,264
Geese. Animals. Birds. Green. White. Grey. Gray. Red. Nature. Rectangular. 60x40
Located in Oslo, NO
On a 60x40 cm canvas, four geese emerge in quiet harmony against a deep green background. Their white and grey feathers catch shifting light, suggesting movement within stillness. Ea...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500Sale Price|25% Off
Faun`s rest, 70x80cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Faun`s rest, 2021, 80x70 cm
Canvas, Oil
"Erik" Contemporary Abstract Blue Toned Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in a blue shirt and cowboy hat...
Canvas, Acrylic
Arin-Rin-Ajo Akoni (Brave Traveler) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Men
By Oluwatimileyin Tega Adegbenjo
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I realized that I have only two lives, the second one begins when I discovered my purpose, which made me hold up my bag of hope and dreams. Leaving the home that I belonged to for a ...
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Interlocutors
Located in Zofingen, AG
Three figures at a table during a tea break. A simple everyday scene, filled with the atmosphere of conversation.
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Neon Desert" - UV inks printed on neon acrylic- hand formed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
Abstract Landscape Paint on Canvas Made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Original Painting by Marilina Marchica, "Landscape " (2018) Details of the artwork: Title:Landscape Year: 2018 Dimensions: 50x50 cm (depth 3.5 cm) Technique: Contemporary abstract ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$7,075
What Lingers, Large Abstract Landscape, Contemporary, French, Oil on canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter based in Normandy, France. Working exclusively in oil on canvas, she has developed a distinctive visual language rooted in layering, ma...
Oil
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Hunt Slonem "Peach Bunnies" Lithograph (print)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Peach Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2017 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" Signature: Signed...
Lithograph
$1,415
Miami II 005 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, beach, sea, umbrellas
Located in Paris, FR
Miami II 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a C-print impression on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a pri...
C Print
Shalako Night
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
hand pulled limited edition lithograph signed and numbered by the artist Glenn Green Galleries also presents paintings, prints and sculpture by Southwestern luminary, DAN NAMINGHA....
Lithograph
All around the Globe Bruno Helgen Contemporary turning wood globe sculpture
By Bruno Helgen
Located in DE
Teakwood and white lava sand make this beautiful turning globe a real stunning sculpture. Made from a whole piece of wood the way the sculpture is shaped is defined by how the tree g...
Stone
First breath. Series “Primordial Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is about the moment before form, when life has not yet taken root but is already in motion. Space unfolds horizontally, as if air is passing through it. The lines do not cl...
Paper, Watercolor
The Pleasantville Color Cartoon, by Frank Romero
By Frank Romero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Digital archival print Image Size: 13.5 x 35 inches Year: 2024 Edition: 500 This is a unusual item from Romero, a project completed for a movie. The Pleasantville Color Car...
Digital Pigment
$2,594
Spiraling Upward by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Steel Sculpture for indoor/ outdoor
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This beautiful large corroded steel sculpture can be used for indoor or outdoors. It makes for an elegant statement in any garden, lobby or private home. Please specify if you want ...
Stone, Steel
$140Sale Price|20% Off
The Gates 2003 Offset Print Poster, Unframed Contemporary Art
By Javacheff Christo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is the official poster for Christo and Jeanne-Claude's iconic "The Gates" project in Central Park, released during the exhibition in February 2005. The poster was widely availab...
Offset
Interior Space#2 Sea, Original Painting
By Zeynep Genc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The shimmering sea peeks through a beach house and offers a glimpse of its tranquil beauty. The floor, wall, and ceiling lead to the water, creating a seamles...
Acrylic
Contemporary Fox Painting Oil on Cardboard Red Fox Animal Artwork Framed
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Contemporary fox painting in oil on cardboard depicting a red fox in motion, rendered through expressive brushwork and a vibrant palette of ochre, red and violet tones. This small-f...
Oil, Cardboard
Aerial View of Surfers Waiting for Waves, Color Photography, Horizontal
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Line Up" The jewel-toned sea always seems to be alive beneath the surfers as they patiently wait their turn in the line up for their chance at a wave. The print series Swell: End...
Archival Pigment
Temple Tree, Jonjaamji, Jeju Island, South Korea
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 40 Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly inf...
Silver Gelatin
With Girls on a Random Friday Night
Located in Zofingen, AG
With Girls on a Random Friday Night is about the quiet rituals that keep us close to ourselves and to each other. In a world obsessed with productivity, comparison, and always moving...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Logic Within
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor (born 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an artist who works with digital images. Her work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe and is represented within...
Archival Pigment
"Modus Lumen 08", Contemporary Illuminated Assemblage Wall Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Modus Lumen 08" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of illuminated lost-object assemblage with translucent acrylic, tape drawing, string, aerosol, and light. It measures ap...
Canvas, Thread, Acrylic, Pins
Night in Venice - Original Etching by Gian Paolo Berto - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Night in Venice is original etching artwork realized by Gian Polo Berto in 1974. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated in pencil. Numbered, the edi...
Etching
$2,358Sale Price|20% Off
Wooden Pier in the Sea, Panorama, stormy Weather, black and white landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21170 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Boat 10 - painting, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The contemporary paintings of Canadian artist Pat Service have long caught the attention of collectors in many countries in the world. Service has explored many genres in her career ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Splendor 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Floral, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
By drawing insight from these wonderful art pieces, we can gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which splendor shapes our perception, values, Posture, and experiences. This ar...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,500
Pink Overhead (Abstracted Landscape of a Green Field, Pink Sky & Mountains)
Located in Hudson, NY
Minimal, Vertical abstracted landscape painting of a fuschia pink field with evergreen and red trees under a pale blue sky "Color Field 500", painted by Tracy Helgeson in 2021 36 x ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Mist - Large Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, Floral Theme
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large abstract contemporary painting by Jennifer Hornyak has a floral theme and features the colour blue. Celebrated internationally as a superb artist, Jennifer Hornyak has pr...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500Sale Price|25% Off
At Once I Knew I Was Not Magnificent - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. Murnaghan was well known for his striking underwater photography, capturing his sub...
Inkjet
Dreamscape (Wastelands) - Contemporary, Abstract, Polaroid, Expired, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dreamscape (Wastelands), 2003 20x20cm Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist inventor...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$250
Vintage Rene Ricard Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 poster with poetry and ocean
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Original poster commemorating Rene Ricard's 1990 exhibition Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 at the Petersburg Press Gallery, New York. The image reproduces his painting, Mal de Fin, ...
Lithograph, Offset
$1,886Sale Price|20% Off
Black-and-White Coastal Photograph of Rock Arches, Praia das Catedrais, Galicia
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21225 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,886Sale Price|20% Off
California Desert Joshua, Tree, USA black and white photograph, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photo of a desert landscape with two Joshua trees and mountain ridges, California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting in Pink and Yellow Tones Iris Sanmartin
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Cotton Canvas, Oil