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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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled

Located in Paris, IDF

Acrylic on canvas Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbilis...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Empty Function — Not a Hanger
Empty Function — Not a Hanger

Empty Function — Not a Hanger

Located in Zofingen, AG

Іn the work “Empty Function — Not a Hanger,” the artist reflects on female subjectivity and embodiment. The empty hangers symbolize the social roles that women are often “hung on”: c...

Category

2010s 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

Roques de Arguamul Rocks, Spain – Black and White Long-Exposure Landscape Photo
Roques de Arguamul Rocks, Spain – Black and White Long-Exposure Landscape Photo

Roques de Arguamul Rocks, Spain – Black and White Long-Exposure Landscape Photo

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21112 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Blue Cowgirl - Abstract Figurative Pinup Western Inspired Painting on Canvas
Blue Cowgirl - Abstract Figurative Pinup Western Inspired Painting on Canvas

Blue Cowgirl - Abstract Figurative Pinup Western Inspired Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ancient Laurel Trees in Mist, Fanal Madeira, Limited Black and White Landscape
Ancient Laurel Trees in Mist, Fanal Madeira, Limited Black and White Landscape

Ancient Laurel Trees in Mist, Fanal Madeira, Limited Black and White Landscape

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21167 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Red Tailed Hawk #1, Espanola, NM, 2011

Red Tailed Hawk #1, Espanola, NM, 2011

By Brad Wilson

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Affinity by Brad Wilson is a series of exquisitely detailed close-up color portraits of captive birds, reptiles, and mammals in a studio environment. Employing a stark black backdrop...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Reds In Overdrive: Horse Grid / original large acrylic painting
Reds In Overdrive: Horse Grid / original large acrylic painting

Reds In Overdrive: Horse Grid / original large acrylic painting

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

'Reds in Overdrive' from Frohsin's Horse Grid series is vibrant and lively, in reds pinks and purples. The work features horses walking, galloping, jumping and standing. The painting...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas
They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas

They reveal themselves over time. Abstract mixed media painting on canvas

By On Hansen

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Cypress Hill Panorama, Tuscany, black and white photograph, limited landscape
Cypress Hill Panorama, Tuscany, black and white photograph, limited landscape

Cypress Hill Panorama, Tuscany, black and white photograph, limited landscape

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Black and white Tuscan landscape photography. Rolling hills with two clusters of tall, thin trees in the distance, under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dancer in Yellow
Dancer in Yellow

Dancer in Yellow

By Sumner Crenshaw

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Created during the chilly winter, this piece is a celebration of warmth and light. Bathed in the hot spotlight, this dancer shimmies around the stage and help...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Lapis 286  - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic composition
Lapis 286  - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic composition

Lapis 286 - white 3D abstract floral geometric ceramic composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

Marie Laforey is a self-taught artist based in New York, US who maintains a sustainable art practice using primarily organic material. Laforey enjoys the tactility of working with organic mediums and learning how to craft preserved moss, clay, feathers and other natural elements into beautiful abstract compositions. Primarily inspired by nature, repetition, patterns, texture and geometry are essential elements that are omnipresent in her works. About Lapis and Flos series: Laforey recent ceramic works are unique pieces that alter in patterns to give an illusion of movement and depth by using clay’s potential for building sculptural dimension. The repetitive use of a unique element, the circle is centered to her work. The circle has often been associated with the female and to Mother Earth. It has no beginning and no end, it is the whole, the essence of things. It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Laforey’s Lapis mural ceramic series...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Clay

The Moment
The Moment

The Moment

By JOHNSON TSANG

Located in Manchester, GB

Johnson Tsang (b. 1960s), Searching for Spring, Limited Edition Resin Sculpture Johnson Tsang, The Moment, 2020 Medium: Polished matte-resin wall sculpture 27.00cm (H) × 19.30cm (W)...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Sandman
Sandman

Sandman

Located in London, GB

Danielle Mckinney Sandman, 2025 Archival pigment print on 330gsm Somerset Enhanced Satin 100% Cotton paper. 20 × 15 47/50 in 50.8 × 40.5 cm Edition of 1176 Danielle McKinney (b. 19...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Palms Motel, Santa Barbara, USA, black and white photography, fine art landscape
Palms Motel, Santa Barbara, USA, black and white photography, fine art landscape

Palms Motel, Santa Barbara, USA, black and white photography, fine art landscape

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Seaside hotel with multiple balconies, a curved walkway, and tall palm trees near the ocean. Archival pigment ink print as...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Lay me down on the forest floor -Dreamy green waterfall forest abstract painting
Lay me down on the forest floor -Dreamy green waterfall forest abstract painting

Lay me down on the forest floor -Dreamy green waterfall forest abstract painting

By Jennifer L. Baker

Located in Silverthorne, CO

A dreamy, lush, atmospheric abstract landscape with a flowing waterfall and poetic space. Won't you lay down with me? On the forest floor? Among the newly born green and mist from t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Truism 'Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise'

Truism 'Abuse Of Power Comes As No Surprise'

By Jenny Holzer

Located in Manchester, GB

By Jenny Holzer 1994 Mixed media on wood Unframed 10.2 x 15.2 cm (4 x 6 in) Framed 22 x 27 cm (8.66 x 10.63 in) Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual and installation artist wh...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood

Parish Route Original Drawing, Contemporary, 21st Century, Unframed
Parish Route Original Drawing, Contemporary, 21st Century, Unframed

Parish Route Original Drawing, Contemporary, 21st Century, Unframed

By Miriam Singer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Parish route" is original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic, watercolor on paper by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 18"h x 22.5"w. Miriam Singer grew ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Wooden Jetty in Mist, Minimalist Black-and-White Long-Exposure Photograph
Wooden Jetty in Mist, Minimalist Black-and-White Long-Exposure Photograph

Wooden Jetty in Mist, Minimalist Black-and-White Long-Exposure Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21214 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Hunt Slonem "Lemon Bunnies" Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Lemon Bunnies" Lithograph

Hunt Slonem "Lemon Bunnies" Lithograph

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lemon Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2017 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" Signature: Signed...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Horizon
Horizon

Horizon

By Jered Sprecher

Located in New Orleans, LA

JERED SPRECHER says of his work…   I hunt and gather images of flowers, thick forests, sun-dappled foliage, and birds; seeking images that evoke wonder and depict natural beauty, com...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum", Hand-Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns
"Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum", Hand-Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns

"Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum", Hand-Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns

By Matt Shlian

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 25.5”h x 22.5”w unframed. As a pap...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Tracey Emin - My Heart Is with You Always

Tracey Emin - My Heart Is with You Always

By Tracey Emin

Located in London, GB

Tracey Emin My Heart is with you Always, 2015 Offset lithograph on silk-finished paper Signed by the artist, on recto 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Published by Emin International Trac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Poppin' Graff - Abstract Colorful Textural 'Love You' Graffiti Mixed Media Art
Poppin' Graff - Abstract Colorful Textural 'Love You' Graffiti Mixed Media Art

Poppin' Graff - Abstract Colorful Textural 'Love You' Graffiti Mixed Media Art

By Amber Goldhammer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Werner Bronkhorst - Mockney
Werner Bronkhorst - Mockney

Werner Bronkhorst - Mockney

Located in London, GB

Werner Bronkhorst Mockney, 2025 Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks 43 x 33 cm (16.9 x 13 in) ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Ink, Giclée

Flows of Light

Flows of Light

By Deedra Ludwig

Located in Atlanta, GA

Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Yoshitomo Nara - Thinking My Home

Yoshitomo Nara - Thinking My Home

By Yoshitomo Nara

Located in London, GB

Yoshitomo Nara Thinking My Home Offset lithograph on paper Sheet size: 51.5 x 36.4 cm Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year published by N's Yard, Japan

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Hebru Brantley - The Journeymen
Hebru Brantley - The Journeymen

Hebru Brantley - The Journeymen

By Hebru Brantley

Located in London, GB

The Journeymen, 2025 Archival pigment on 330gsm smooth rag paper. edition of 100 hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Hebru Brantley is an American contemporary artist renowned f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight

By Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Ceramic parrots atop wood perches, each is handmade Our objective is to distill the stereotypical perceptions and associations within our culture into visually compelling objects, s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Werner Bronkhorst - Tip Of The Iceberg
Werner Bronkhorst - Tip Of The Iceberg

Werner Bronkhorst - Tip Of The Iceberg

Located in London, GB

Werner Bronkhorst Sail Away, 2025 Giclée print on 310gsm Smooth Cotton Rag using Epson archival inks Shadow box framed in FSC certified timber with a smooth white finish and 3mm mu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée

Poppy Parade - Framed Abstract Expressive Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Poppy Parade - Framed Abstract Expressive Botanical Floral Still Life Painting

Poppy Parade - Framed Abstract Expressive Botanical Floral Still Life Painting

By Kellie Newsome

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Boy Running (Point Dume) - analog, color, expired, Polaroid, Contemporary

Boy Running (Point Dume) - analog, color, expired, Polaroid, Contemporary

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Boy Running (Point Dume) - 2000 Sold out Edition of 5, Artist Proof 1/2. 100x133cm. Analog C-Print, hand printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Signature label a...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

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.