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.
Laurel Forest — Minimalist Landscape Photograph: Foggy Meadow & Tree
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21275 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Peace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
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.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Foyer VI, Milan - Italian Design Interior Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VI, Italian interior photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan, began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Af...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,055
161.07.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
161.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the ‘On body Forms’ series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. I...
Archival Pigment
Foyer VII, Milan - Italian Design Interior Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VII, Italian interior photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan, began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,292
Untitled XII by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, pink wall
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XII, Ain’t Got No Troubles series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available ...
Photographic Paper, Pigment
Anew
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Acrylic, Panel
Gaïa by Romain Langlois - Boulder-like bronze sculpture, golden
Located in Paris, FR
Gaïa is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 90 × 64 × 75 cm (35.4 × 25.2 × 29.5 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limi...
Bronze
$1,879
Into the Nothing – Minimalist Pier in Mist, Black and White Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21351 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Still Among the Living Things - 21st Century Contemporary Woman Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Still Among the Living Thing” is a meditation on presence, on what it means to exist gently yet fully within one’s space. The woman stands calm, surrounded by the quiet abundance of...
Canvas, Acrylic
Fields - Modern Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$1,409Sale Price|20% Off
Gentleman in Interior (After Fernando Botero) oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Gentleman in Interior (After Fernando Botero) Artist: Sanz (Spanish painter, active late 20th – early 21st century) Year: circa 2000 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions (unfr...
Oil
Changing every Day - Bombay Beach - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Signed on the back and wit...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Beach Goddess
Located in Zofingen, AG
Beach Goddess is a quiet reminder that divinity has nothing to do with size, shape, or perfection. A cow resting inside an open shell replaces the classical ideal with something more...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Mist" City Landscape with Flowers and Construction Equipment by Max Seckel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Mist" is an original artwork by Max Seckel is made of flashe, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas. This piece measures 23”h x 31”w x 1.75”d framed, is signed by the...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stallion - Abstract Cool Tone Horse Portrait Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
M.180603 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, column
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...
Glass
Argnam by Ramon Enrich - Architecture painting, stripes, earth tones
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
Argnam is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Ramon Enrich. This artwork features a stark, geometric setting with a striped background of red and ochre tones, and a solitary g...
Canvas, Acrylic
$81,115
Carbon Void Jade by Tom Price - Abstract geometric sculpture, innovation, energy
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Carbon Void Jade is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of coal, polyurethane resin, steel, dimensions are 46 × 155 × 71 cm (18.1 × 61 × 28 in). Thi...
Steel
$1,800
Scaffold Two - Geometric Abstract Light Blue Navy Ivory Beige Lines Shapes, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in shades of blue from cobalt to pale periwinkle, and delicate angular lines in black and dark gray are dynamic against a soft background fading from dark navy at th...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Quiet Moments of Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
This large-scale painting captures the quiet flow of everyday life — moments of movement, pause, and shared presence unfolding within a green, open landscape. Figures appear and disa...
Canvas, Acrylic
Meditation
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon is widely recognized for his calm, contemplative landscapes and skyscapes, paintings that hold stillness, clarity, and a quiet reverence for nature. In this exhibition,...
Canvas, Oil
Place to Linger Winter - minimalist farmland, two trees - large format 80x120cm
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Black and white snow landscape photography. Two large, leafless trees with a small bench between them on a grassy field. Pigment ink print, limited editio...
Digital Pigment
$93Sale Price|25% Off
Blue Umbrellas Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1995
By Javacheff Christo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare exhibition poster, titled "Blue Umbrellas," commemorates the remarkable installation created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in October 1991. The project featured 960 yellow u...
Offset
$1,468
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...
C Print
$2,055
160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tr...
Archival Pigment
$2,055
168.01.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
168.01.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped". This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
Archival Pigment
After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. 50
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – Bull Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage to the artist’s...
Marble, Bronze
Ignite2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my work, I explore how inherited emotional distance turns into a lifelong search for intimacy. I am interested in moments in which connection does not require justification, where...
Canvas, Oil
$2,400
Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Muscular Male Nude Graphite Life Drawing), Framed
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with graphite and conte crayon by Mark Beard graphite, Conte crayon on Arches paper 30 x 22.5 inches 33 x 25 inches custom framed in cherry wood m...
Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
$900Sale Price|25% Off
James Marshall Exhibition: Still Life with Wedding Portrait, 2025
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This finely printed exhibition poster from “James Marshall: The Histories” highlights Still Life with Wedding Portrait, a deeply resonant work in which Marshall intertwines personal ...
Offset
Nirvana Nevermind original color slide print
Located in Austin, TX
Signed print taken from an original color slide of Nirvana taken by Kirk Weddle. This slide was taken during the famous swimming pool sessions with Nirvana for the release of Nevermi...
Digital Pigment
$2,055
161.03.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.03.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
Archival Pigment
Shared Blooming
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Shared Blooming” is a space of transition. A moment when familiar scales shift and horizons open differently. The figure within the canvas does not oppose the environment; it is emb...
Canvas, Oil
$2,055
156.04.11, Torsi series by Klaus Kampert - Black and White nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
156.04.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi. In this series the model is stripped of identity. The...
Archival Pigment
Modular Domino Wall Sculpture in Pink Foam Clay with Embedded Game Pieces
By Vera Vizzi
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Compact modular domino wall sculpture in pink foam clay with embedded plastic game pieces on a black wood panel, a playful relief designed for repeatable multi-panel installation. A...
Enamel
$14,100
Janus's Heads by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, double-sided head, myth
Located in Paris, FR
Janus's Heads is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 54 × 26 × 17 cm (21.3 × 10.2 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Bronze
$2,055
161.11.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.11.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
Archival 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
$438Sale Price|29% Off
Third Eye Open (Flower, Inner Awareness, Portrait, Iconic, ~29% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Third Eye Open Letterpress on Cream Cotton Paper with Hand-deckled Edges Year: 2024 Size: 20.5 x 15.25 inches (52.07 x 38.74 cm) Edition: 450 Signed, dated and numbere...
Paper
$5,500
Tracey Emin - uniquely hand signed early Lehmann Maupin Gallery poster invite
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Every part of me's bleeding Offset lithograph poster, 1999 Published by: Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 39 Greene Street, SoHo, NYC Boldly signed and dated 2025 in silver sharpi...
Offset, Lithograph
Pink foam-clay modular domino wall sculpture with blue sprinkles on black wood
By Vera Vizzi
Located in FISTERRA, ES
The work presents a low-relief surface modelled in foam clay and finished with layers of acrylic and enamel that amplify volume and texture. The black ground functions as a neutral f...
Enamel
$7,048
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
Unfolding Dreams 12/25 - Modern Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture
By Mireia Serra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal artw...
Metal, Bronze, Iron
The Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple
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, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Royalty 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
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.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Baroque Pearl
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Sea Within — Journey Between Light and Silence. A luminous baroque pearl emerges from an open oyster — a symbol of individuality shaped by time. Subtle pearlescent accents an...
Canvas, Acrylic
Daisy in front of Mirror - Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy in front of Mirror (Till Death do Us part) - 2005 Edition 1/5, 128x125cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Mounted on Aluminum with matte...
Metal
'Veil' Acrylic Painting on Panel, Contemporary Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Acrylic, Panel
$480Sale Price|20% Off
VENUS IN CHAINS original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Man Ray
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Venus in Chains”, tempera acrylic pencil on blue paper. Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed, from Europe using DHL or FedEx. ...
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Backstreet Girls
Located in Zofingen, AG
Backstreet Girls is a quiet gathering of very different bodies sharing the same ease. A black dog, a white goat, a red cow, and small birds rest on their own sofas, each in a distinc...
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy - large scale minimalist color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Tuscany landscape photography. Landscape with rolling hills, a single tree, a huge cloud, and a field of dry grass. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
Digital Pigment
$2,055
156.12.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
156.12.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Torsi. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It...
Archival Pigment
$1,116
Glacier by Luca Marziale - Landscape photography, ice, winter, blue, Iceland
Located in Paris, FR
Glacier is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Luca Marziale. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *76.2 cm × 76.2 cm ...
C Print
"Bar" Miniature Wall-Mounted Storefront Sign by Drew Leshko
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Bar" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 17”h x 1.75”w x 10”d. Paradi...
Metal, Enamel, Wire
$2,584
Hugh Cloud over Cypress Trees, Tuscany, Italy - landscape color limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2023 Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist photography. Open landscape with rolling hills, a small cluster of tall, thin green trees, and a large, fluffy cloud in the sky. Archival...
Digital Pigment
$2,055
160.04.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
160.04.11 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Tribute to Modigliani". This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. ...
Archival Pigment
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Flag II
By Jasper Johns
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Limited edition of 300. Printed in 1975 under the supervision of Jasper Johns by ULAE. This lithograph was to be included in a facsimile catalog of Jasper Johns' limited edition prin...
Lithograph
Clustered Objects. Still life Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
When an artist works with more conventional still life subjects, they focus primarily on the formal properties of the painting, such as color relationships, form, proportions, and ot...
Oil, Canvas
FRAMED Louis XVI #7 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 27.5x19.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Louis XVI #7 Part of "Mixed Moods" solo show, until September 29. Original painting. Size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Acrylic on canvas. The period armchair, style Louis XVI, become th...
Acrylic