Skip to main content

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.

to
9,423
31,994
20,413
18,907
15,531
27,006
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
49
77
19,619
94,080
4
12
36
70
117
450
1,744
4,959
4,379
4,775
41
62,428
57,460
26,947
14,656
9,403
6,501
5,602
4,288
3,081
2,413
2,329
2,194
600
43,840
41,439
18,351
38,917
21,070
12,927
12,052
11,095
10,415
10,215
8,292
6,998
5,785
5,630
4,813
4,606
4,376
4,169
3,682
3,565
3,486
2,759
2,624
38,342
28,394
22,696
20,420
19,659
2,730
1,145
927
907
845
17,100
32,562
66,246
37,791
Style: Contemporary
InvadHirst
InvadHirst

InvadHirst

By Invader

Located in Calabasas, CA

Artist: Invader X Damien Hirst Title: Invadhirst Year: 2025 Medium: 21-colour silkscreen print on Somerset Satin White 410 gsm cotton paper Edition: 1194; hand-signed by the artists ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

"Opus, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 32"
"Opus, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 32"

"Opus, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 32"

By Ned Martin

Located in Westport, CT

This abstract landscape limited edition print captures a forest in cool blue tones accented by warm yellow-greens and reds. It is an edition size of 100. Printed on canvas, this gicl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Shiver - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century

Shiver - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century

By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Sugar on my soul - 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 PL2021-1053. ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Circular Portrait on Ochre Acrylic on Wood Reflecting Identity and Belonging
Circular Portrait on Ochre Acrylic on Wood Reflecting Identity and Belonging

Circular Portrait on Ochre Acrylic on Wood Reflecting Identity and Belonging

By Natasha Lelenco

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Circular contemporary portrait in acrylic on wood exploring identity, migration, and belonging through symbolic inscription and sculptural form. Currency #259 by Natasha Lelenco por...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Golden Gate Bridge, Tower, San Francisco, monochrome cityscape, limited edition
Golden Gate Bridge, Tower, San Francisco, monochrome cityscape, limited edition

Golden Gate Bridge, Tower, San Francisco, monochrome cityscape, limited edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Blazing (Glass sculpture - Pineapple sculpture)
Blazing (Glass sculpture - Pineapple sculpture)

Blazing (Glass sculpture - Pineapple sculpture)

By Layne Rowe

Located in Manchester, GB

Layne Rowe, Blazing, 2024 Freeblown glass H48 x W20 x D20 cm (18.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 in) Original artwork The pineapple sculpture is a profound symbol of hospitality and generosity. The ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

Nirvana Nevermind original color slide print

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...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Sospirando
Sospirando

Sospirando

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Euphoria" Nude Photography 36 x 24 inch Edition of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
"Euphoria" Nude Photography 36 x 24 inch Edition of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

"Euphoria" Nude Photography 36 x 24 inch Edition of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko

By Yevgeniy Repiashenko

Located in Culver City, CA

"Euphoria" Nude Photography 36 x 24 inch Edition of 18 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko Ready to hang. "Edition of 18. Mounting the photo under of glossy acrylic glass creates rich colors a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Pigment

Self Portrait, Black and White Nude Male Photography

Self Portrait, Black and White Nude Male Photography

Located in New York, NY

A black and white nude portrait by Victor Carnuccio. Self Portrait 2000 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, verso Gelatin silver print (Edition of 25) 14 x 11 inches, sheet 13 x...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Model On Back: Mixed media painting on paper

Model On Back: Mixed media painting on paper

By Angela Lyle

Located in Brecon, Powys

This mixed media on paper is a subtle study of the model, soft and flowing. Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Mother India, Delhi - Multi-color Asian Book Photography
Mother India, Delhi - Multi-color Asian Book Photography

Mother India, Delhi - Multi-color Asian Book Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Mother India, photograph by Richard Heeps taken in Delhi in 2013, this artwork perfectly represents the organised chaos of India. As books are beginning to disappear in physical form...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork
Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork

Reincarnation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African Artwork

By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Guy Gee, Palestine (medium)

Guy Gee, Palestine (medium)

Located in Manchester, GB

Guy Gee, Palestine (medium) Hand-engraved print on 350gsm on G.F Smith card Image Size: 31 x 35 cm (12.2 x 13.78 in) Framed Size: 53 x 56 cm (20.87 x 22.05 in) - Framed Size Frame i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Wolf Kahn 'Down in the Valley' 2003 Signed and Numbered Screenprint
Wolf Kahn 'Down in the Valley' 2003 Signed and Numbered Screenprint

Wolf Kahn 'Down in the Valley' 2003 Signed and Numbered Screenprint

By Wolf Kahn

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Wolf Kahn Down in The Valley" is a serigraph that exemplifies Kahn's mastery of light and color, hallmarks of his artistic style. This piece, signed by Kahn in the lower right-hand ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Conosci te stesso? - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2022

Conosci te stesso? - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2022

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on canvas realized by Marco Fariello in 2022. Certificate of authentivity by the Artist. Excellent condition. Do you know yourself? This painting takes place around this the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bananekürbis. Still life Painting
Bananekürbis. Still life Painting

Bananekürbis. Still life Painting

By Christopher T Terry

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...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture

FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture

By Romare Bearden

Located in Union City, NJ

FALLING STAR is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American artist Romare Bearden. FALLING STAR presents a visual memory from Bearden's childhood in Mecklenburg County North Carolina expressed as a modern collage portrait depicting a black woman set in a nostalgic Southern domestic interior. FALLING STAR's main focus is a black woman standing on the right drinking from a blue and white teacup...

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Girl / Boy Diptych Sculpture, Contemporary Acrylic and Found Objects
Girl / Boy Diptych Sculpture, Contemporary Acrylic and Found Objects

Girl / Boy Diptych Sculpture, Contemporary Acrylic and Found Objects

By Hyland Mather (X-O)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Girl / Boy (diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, abandoned papers, laser engraving, string, nails, wood box frame measuring appr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Thread, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Engraving

Monte Amiata I, Milan - Color Blocking Architecture Photograph
Monte Amiata I, Milan - Color Blocking Architecture Photograph

Monte Amiata I, Milan - Color Blocking Architecture Photograph

By Richard Heeps

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Pink Panther" Miniature Convenience Store Hanging Sign by Drew Leshko
"Pink Panther" Miniature Convenience Store Hanging Sign by Drew Leshko

"Pink Panther" Miniature Convenience Store Hanging Sign by Drew Leshko

By Drew Leshko

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Pink Panther" is original artwork made from paper, acrylic, enamel, pastel, wire, chain, aluminum, inkjet prints, pvc by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 15”h x 1”...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Wire

Peter Hoffer "White Pine" - Landscape Painting on Wood Panel

Peter Hoffer "White Pine" - Landscape Painting on Wood Panel

By Peter Hoffer

Located in New York, NY

Peter Hoffer White Pine, 2020 oil, acrylic and resin on panel 36 x 60 in (hoff189) This original landscape painting on panel by Peter Hoffer is simultaneously contemporary and tradi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Quantum Leap 4
Quantum Leap 4

Quantum Leap 4

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood

Marlboro by Anouk Krantz 2023

Marlboro by Anouk Krantz 2023

By Anouk Krantz

Located in Chicago, IL

Marlboro (B&W) 2023 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 40 x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) - Edition of 15 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Unframed Size: 11.3 x 17 in (28...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Wooden Boat House - Black and White Photograph, Limited Edition - Lakescape
Wooden Boat House - Black and White Photograph, Limited Edition - Lakescape

Wooden Boat House - Black and White Photograph, Limited Edition - Lakescape

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape Photography. Lakeside cabin surrounded by trees with a calm reflective lake in the foreground. Archival pigment ink prin...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - The Moon with Us

Korean Contemporary Art by Lee Yu Min - The Moon with Us

Located in Paris, IDF

Acrylic on wooden panel with a white frame Lee Yu Min is a Korean artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Daejeon, South Korea. She is specialized in Korean painting, completing ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

InvadHirst
InvadHirst

InvadHirst

By Damien Hirst

Located in Calabasas, CA

Artist: Damien Hirst X Invader Title: Invadhirst Year: 2025 Medium: 21-colour silkscreen print on Somerset Satin White 410 gsm cotton paper Edition: 1194; hand-signed by the artists ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women

You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, Women

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

You turn from Me (Till Death do us Part) - 2005, 20x20cm, Edition 1/10, digital C-Print print, based on the Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 9555....

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Bucky the Sheep - black and white photography - landscape - limited edition
Bucky the Sheep - black and white photography - landscape - limited edition

Bucky the Sheep - black and white photography - landscape - limited edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Black and white landscape photography. A sheep standing on grassy land near the Atlantic Ocean with hills on a small island. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait
Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait

Untitled II, Wall SculptureTridimensional Portrait

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment

Harness Racing - France - Beach - black and white landscape - wood frame
Harness Racing - France - Beach - black and white landscape - wood frame

Harness Racing - France - Beach - black and white landscape - wood frame

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017. Limited Edition 3/20. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, black, natural white archival Passepartout, anti-r...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment

Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color

Melt with You - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color

By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Melt with You' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 7/7 and 2 Artist Proofs available. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Signature label and certifi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Omo Emiyan (Canvas of Emotion) 9 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Modern

Omo Emiyan (Canvas of Emotion) 9 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Modern

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

This series of paintings highlights the diverse expressions of human life, from joy to sorrow, love to heartache, and every emotion in between. Just like a painter's brushstrokes, hu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic

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.