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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
Dylan Martinez - Forest Green Water Balloon with Droplets, Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
A hyper-realistic glass sculptor, Dylan's playful creations deceive the eye with their lifelike appearance. Whether mimicking water balloons or plastic bags filled with water housing...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Flower Sparkles!
Located in Bristol, GB
Archival pigment print Edition of 300 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint, as issued. Minor imperfections may appear due to the nature of the materials....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Screen

Arbus, Composition, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Diane Arbus, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1979. Published by Unite...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Champagne Paradise, Vineyard, Tree Landscape, limited edition photography print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Black Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format still life of iconic glove
Located in San Francisco, CA
a highly detailed still life photograph of the king of pop's iconic sequin and rhinestone crystal glove Black Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Destinations (Flatiron Bidg, 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Destinations", Frederick Mershimer creates an image of taxis rushing by the Fuller Building, better known as Flatiron Building. The building is only six feet wide at its rounded...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint

Think - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Think - 2021 - 24x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1041. Not mounted...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Ewe So Fancy by Dawne Raulet Contemporary Goat Mixed Media, White, Black
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ewe So Fancy by Dawne Raulet is an 18 x 18-inch mixed media work on board that begins with a black-and-white photograph and evolves into a playful, painterly statement piece. Featuri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Tulip Fields 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 10 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 di...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Heron (Large) by Pierre Yermia - Animal sculpture, bronze, bird, outdoor, nature
Located in Paris, FR
Heron (Large) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 180 × 100 × 86 cm (70.9 × 39.4 × 33.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

You are what Dreams are made of - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Lavender Field, Provence, black and white photograph, landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Winding Path (18 x 11 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
New as of Jan. 1, 2025. This is a brand-new addition to the artist's ever-growing series of foggy woods in northern California near San Francisco. These tall eucalyptus trees are the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Drifter - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Drifter - 2021 - 20x20cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2021-1055. Not mount...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Summer 87- Limited edition vintage print , Analogue, Topless women, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Limited edition of 10 Signed by Ian Sanderson lower right and numbered lower left, delivered with certificates of authenticity, Unframed. An original signed archival pigment print on...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Pigment, Giclée, Black and White, P...

"Joy Abstracted", Portrait of Black Girl in Sewn Layered Collage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Joy Abstracted" is a one-of-a-kind piece created from Eustace Mamba, as part of his ongoing series of sewn mixed media portraits. This wall-hanging collage is made from sewing and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Fabric, Canvas, Thread, Found Objects, Oil,...

Old Car, Desert, Route 66, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9. Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm whit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Digital...

Virtud by Francisco Jimenez - Mixed Media, Abstract Nude Figurative Painting
Located in DE
Francisco Jose Jimenez paints abstracted nude paintings using a range of materials, such as fabric, concrete, pieces of plastic etc. His portraits tell stories of imperfect beauty, i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Raw Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic

New York City, Brooklyn, Cities, Black-and-White Photography, Coney Island Girl
Located in New york, NY
An image of a young woman on an amusement park ride shot on film by Roberta Fineberg, the portrait was made in New York in the late 1980s a time of innocence and edginess, tenderness...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Summer – Lotus by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese landscape painting, nature, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Summer – Lotus is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with japanese pigments, silver and gold leaves on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dime...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

John James Audubon Flamingo Icon II /// Contemporary Ornithology Shorebird Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "John James Audubon Flamingo Icon II" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

M.180603 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
M.180603 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 65 cm × 12 cm × 7 cm (25.6 × 4.7 × 2.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Flag Cake
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blackmon's images offer a fantastic and surreal commentary on contemporary American family life while referencing a 19th Century Flemish painting – they are intricate tableaux, combi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Robert Longo 'Frank & Glenn' Hand Signed and Framed, 1991
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lithograph in colors on wove paper. Artist proof signed and numbered in pencil out of 10 by Robert Longo, published by Brooke Alexander from the Men in the Cities. Frank and Glen st...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Roam Free - Blue Abstract Horse Animal Figurative Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 35" x 29"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps in pool toward you. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither any places where you would ex...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nizza - large format photograph of summer beach observation in South of France
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale highly detailed photograph of European summer beach scene captured in coastal Nice, France, along the Mediterranean Côte d’Azur. Nizza (2006) by Frank Schott 44 x 69 in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink

The Beatles at Abbey Road London 1967 b/w oversized contact sheet LOST
Located in Norwich, GB
a strip of negatives. The long roll of negatives was then cut into strips of six, usually with five or six frames on each strip. These strips were then laid carefully onto a sheet of...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée, Archival Pigment

Fern I (20x20cm) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Color, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Fern I, 2018, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Based on an original Impossible film Digital C-print, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2018-47...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Quixote's Giants, Study 1, Campo de Criptana, Spain.
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential among ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo (White)
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham Eroded Porsche 911 Turbo, 2020 Hydrostone and quartz crystals 8.9 × 30.5 cm Edition of 500 Daniel Arsham's Eroded series is a striking series of sculptural works that ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stone, Granite

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

''Andalusian'', Contemporary Bronze Brown Sculpture Portrait of a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Thank You For The Wonderful Destiny
Located in Bristol, GB
Fine art inkjet print on photo rag 308 paper Limited edition of 100 Signed and numbered on the front Sold in the original packaging in mint condition, unframed Published by Kaikai Ki...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet

Tenterhooks - Contemporary, Polaroid, Black and White, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tenterhooks - 2020 48x60cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label and certificate. Artist inventory PL2020-971. Not...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper

Blue Morpho Butterfly
Located in Sante Fe, NM
The Element ‘Gold, (Au) can only be make in the nuclear reactor of stars. It came to our planet when the Earth was first forming, as dust from catastrophic astronomical events –sta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Origami Swan AP of 5 - figurative, contemporary, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary metal garden sculpture is made in the form of a white swan. Jyhling Lee’s beautiful artwork is inspired by the rich traditions and iconic imagery of her culture. A...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Pier, Lake, Silent Morning, monochrome minimalist photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

I am the Moth, You are the Flame
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley I am the Moth, You are the Flame, 2022 Linocut on Somerset Tub Sized 300gsm paper Signed by the artist and numbered 65 x 50 cm (25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in) Edition 23 of 100 ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linocut

SCHOMBURG LIBRARY 1986 Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
SCHOMBURG LIBRARY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tales of Bitter Doom - complete series, 25 pieces
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Tales of Bitter Doom' complete series, 25 pieces Edition of 7, 30x30cm each, complete 150x150cm plus spaces, 2018 digital C-Prints, based on a Polaroids mounted on Dibond - gloss ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Cacti - large format photograph of iconic desert cactus landscape 48" x 72"
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of sunny cactus landscape, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the photo realistic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Kintsugi Horse-Metamorphosis, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A contemplative portrait of a horse, gently accented by drifting butterflies. Artist Jennifer Ross employs her signature eggshell collage technique, rooted in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Next Step- 21st Century Contemporary Colorful Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Artist Ger Stallenberg likes to get lost in his landscapes. The artist born in Maastricht (1959) studied at the Academy of Visual Education in Tilburg. Ger Stallenberg is inspired b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Flora Italiana ( Papavero Giallo Fiorito ) - large format botanical still life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Untitled (Standing Nude with Fist)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020) 1975 Inscribed, l.l. Graphite on paper 28 x 17.75 inches  $3,125
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1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Fairytale Forest, Tree Avenue, Florida, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Pr...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Evenfall
Located in London, GB
Evenfall, 2024 Archival Inkjet with Screenprint Overlay on Somerset Enhanced Infinity 330 gsm Paper edition of 99 hand-signed and numbered by the artist Stanley Donwood is a British...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Screen

Feather Tawny Owl Pocket Painting 3, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Tawny Owl feather 3 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

2015 Cindy Sherman "Film Still #96" Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster for Cindy Sherman's "Works From the Olbricht Collection" captures a striking image of the artist lying on the floor. Dressed in a short-sleeved brown ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

"The Great Uncertain" Black and White Wooden Sculpture in Brushstroke Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Great Uncertain" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner as part of his "Welcome Home" solo exhibition. This piece is made using Turner's signature abstr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Surreal Figurative Oil Painting On Canvas With Animals. "In swirls"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Figurative oil painting of fantastical beings on a colorful and earthy-toned background. Oil painting with multiple layers and textures, vertical on 52" x 32" canvas. I like to explo...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Amancio Iron. Bronze. ICARO III. Sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. Series limited to 7 copies+ II PA Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture Artist well known for his large forma...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze, Iron

MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard) graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 19 inches unframed Con...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite

Hunt Slonem "The Scone" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: The Scone Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota, 1986 - Color Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota by Michael Ormerod is a stunning Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size. Sta...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color

Ana - Original Figurative Fine Art photo, Sensual woman in bed the sun in eyes
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
A sexy topless woman in bed hiding her face from the sun This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper b...
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1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

Mystical Tree, misty, Fanal, Madeira, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital 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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