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.
In Relax Mode - Abstract 'Love' Graffiti Inspired Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas
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...
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Endless Beach, Original Painting, Coastal art, Beach, Seaside, Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
Endless Beach was painted in North Cornwall and is based on coastal locations such as Daymer Bay, Polzeath and Padstow. It looks beautiful in a home with bright uplifting colours and...
Canvas, Oil
$8,601
Dialogue V - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, People, Nude
Located in Hallein, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
$1,669Sale Price|25% Off
Untitled Lithograph by Antoni Tàpies, Signed, Edition 64/150, 1974
Located in Roma, IT
This original artwork by Antoni Tàpies is one of the 10 colored lithographs of the “Berlin Suite”. Tàpies realized this portfolio in 1974, each lithograph is on Arches wove paper. ...
Lithograph
Donald Sultan "Reds, Dec. 2, 2020" Floral
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Reds, Dec 2, 2020 Date: 2021 Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 4 ply museum board Unframed Dimensions: 25" x 25" Frame...
Color, Screen
$2,000
Xanthopastis Regnatrix - Pink Orange Brown White Moth Insect Photograph, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a moth with pink, orange and black markings on its upper wings is dramatic against a solid white background. Pric...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$2,000
Arachnis Picta - Magenta Pink Black White Pattern Moth Insect Photograph, 2007
Located in Kent, CT
In this hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a magenta pink moth with black circular markings down its abdomen and black, white and gray on its upper wings is d...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$2,945
Ourapteryx Species - White Brown Beige Moth White Wings Insect Photograph, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a white moth with brown circular markings at the tips of its bottom wings and light beige stripes is ...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$3,046
Stars 14 June 02:11 - Modern Night Sky Landscape Painting, Minimalist Art
Located in Hallein, AT
The painting is signed on the back Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They ...
Canvas, Acrylic
BOYS WILL BE BOYS original art Paula Craioveanu Male Nude in Florida
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Boys will be Boys”, male nude, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper, 27.5x19.5in, 70x50cm. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed, from Florida. . Choose between express or standa...
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Iceberg I - Antarctica
Located in München, BY
Limited Edition of 10 More sizes on request Sebastian Copeland is considered a photographer "who has created works of outstanding artistic quality and conveys messages of urgent glo...
Archival Pigment
Lymantria Species - Insect Photograph Pink Brown Moth Wings, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a brown Lymantria species moth with light pink details on its abdomen is dramatic against a solid whi...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Orange
Located in Deddington, GB
Orange by Piers Philo [2021] original Oil paint on board Image size: H:23 cm x W:23 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:23 cm x W:23 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insit...
Oil, Board
Lone Tree Schoodic Point, mezzotint print of Maine coastline
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Lone Tree Schoodic Point is part of James Groleau’s Salt Granite Spruce series, a body of mezzotints drawn from the rugged coastline and inland waterways of Maine. Through dense blac...
Mezzotint
"Romance Novel, " Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
Christine Averill-Green is an abstract artist based in the Capital District of New York. Her painting, "Romance Novel," is an abstract oil painting featuring bright colors and pastels, as well as loose, abstracted images of flower bouquets and petals on a refracted surface and background. As an artist, Averill-Green often plays with colors, layering, and pattern at the same time. Of this piece, she says, "A light-hearted, colorful musing on the age-old theme of shattered dreams and broken blossoms...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
Dylan Martinez - Harvest Orange Water Balloon with Droplets, Sculpture 2025
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...
Glass
$1,781Sale Price|28% Off
Interior with Minotaur original painting Neo Mythology 23.5x31.5in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Minotaur in Interior”, 80x60cm / 31.5×23.6in Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging and FRAMED. Shipping from my studio in Bucharest Romania to the US by DHL and to Europe a...
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Demeter Goddess Greek Mythology, figurative, nude
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Edition of 25 'Demeter' by Carl Payne. A bronze sculpture of a figurative woman representing Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility, captures both grace and symbolic power. T...
Bronze
$1,687Sale Price|20% Off
Downtown Las Vegas, Black-and-White Cityscape Photography, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11712 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$375Sale Price|25% Off
BLUE DANCER by Paula Craioveanu - original art inspired by Matisse in Florida
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blue Dancer” 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm Part of my Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Shipped rolled in a tube from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This pa...
Paper, Tempera
On The Town: San Francisco / restaurant scene oil on canvas
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
'On The Town: San Francisco', depicts a scene from a night in the town in San Francisco, from a series of paintings that depict dining - food and drink experiences by artist Mimi Jen...
Oil, Canvas
Boy at Twelve - Contemporary, Polaroid, Childhood
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Boy at Twelve - 2019 - 40x50cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print on Canson Barita Fiber Rag 340gr, based on a reclaimed Fuji Instant Film Negative (not mounted...
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid, Archival Ink
Contemporary Details II
By Moe Brooker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Contemporary Details II, 1997 Pastel on buff handmade paper 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Framed dimensions: 26 x 26 inches Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Brooker '97 TTGG Provenance The artist; June Kelly Gallery, New York; Private collection, Washington, DC Renowned abstract painter Moe...
Pastel, Handmade Paper
$4,500Sale Price|48% Off
Remind Me to Look Up
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Title: Remind Me to Look Up Acrylic, Oil, Oil stick on canvas Year: 2021 Dimensions: 60"x48"x1.5" Signed by hand Canvas on stretcher fr...
Canvas, Oil, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "3 in Gold" Unique Oil painting of bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 in Gold Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 30" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Oil
Aqua, Terra, Aero Trio - geometric abstract, mild steel, outdoor sculptures
By Jah Qube
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A collaborative project, artist Javid Jah and fabricator Alex Akbari of Qube Inc. re-designed this series from a recent public art exhibition in downtown Toronto, which was exhibited in collaboration with Roger Mooking and Wyandot artist Catherine Tammaro. The dynamic geometric form of the three pieces—Terra, Aqua and Aero (the elements of earth, water and air) is inspired by the ideas of cosmology (the study of the universe) and sacred ancestral principles. Forged from steel, light shines through the intricately detailed pattern of perforations on the surface. Each individual sculpture can also be used as a wood burning or gas fire pit...
Metal, Steel
Vivid Blossoming Arcs II Triptych, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper, 2025
Located in Barcelona, ES
“Vivid Blossoming Arcs II” is a striking triptych that channels the spirit of the Bauhaus movement through precise geometric composition and a masterful command of color. Each panel ...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Flamingos by a Pond under a Pink Tree, Naïve Dreamlike Landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Signed "Abiéniste" in the lower left corner. This poetic and visually striking oil painting presents a dreamlike landscape where two flamingos stand gracefully beside a still, refle...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 16 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Hallein, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Donald Sultan "Blacks, Dec. 2, 2020" Floral
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Blacks, Dec 2, 2020 Date: 2021 Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 4 ply museum board Unframed Dimensions: 25" x 25" Fra...
Color, Screen
Still-Life in Studio - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life in Studio 85 x 100 cm (framed in a black wooden frame 95 x 110 cm) Oil on canvas Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. S...
Oil, Canvas
$55,000
Tilted Orange - contemporary, geometric abstract, coated steel outdoor sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary orange-colored metal outdoor sculpture is the work of Shayne Dark. Five tapered shafts of steel emerge from the base in a powerful contemporary composition. The C...
Steel
$2,343Sale Price|20% Off
Eleven Trees in a Snow Field, Winter Wonderland Landscape Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21065 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Tumbling - Large Serene Ocean Landscape Skyscape Painting
By Jodi Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Miller captivates with her atmospheric landscapes, inspired by the vast skies of her prairie upbringing and her global travels in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Influenced by the...
Canvas, Acrylic
Elizabeth Catlett - Homage to the Panthers signed/n lithograph provenance Framed
Located in New York, NY
This exact work was exhibited at the Art Students League in an important show. (details below) Elizabeth Catlett Homage to the Panthers, 1993 Color Lithograph on wove paper with deck...
Lithograph
Vase With Flowers - Floral Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His color ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,200
Red Fiesta, Bright Orange, Red Still Life, Grapes, Lemons, Blue and White Vase
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of lemons in a blue and white painted fruit bowl beside a green, leafy plant in a blue and white vase on a striped,...
Canvas, Oil
$703
Charlatan - Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing by Nicola Simbari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charlatan is an original drawing in pencil and watercolor artwork on paper realized by Nicola Simbari in 1960 ca. With different sketches on the rear in pencil. In good conditions ...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Tyler Shields - Helicopter III, Photography 2021, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Provocateur Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs...
Archival Paper, C Print
$750
Field Painting June 19 - Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting Flowers, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel, a peaceful summer scene is set, beautifully capturing the idyllic feel of a field of wildflowers in June. Signed, dated and t...
Oil, Panel
John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition print of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the filming of a video to promote their new album, "Double Fantasy", New York City, November 26, 1980, taken by Allen Tannenbaum. Filming began in Central Park, then moved to a gallery on SoHo for scenes where they would arrive in a white bedroom, first in street clothes and later in kimonos, strip, and make love. Allan Tannenbaum is an esteemed photojournalist and fine art photographer. His documentation of New York art, music, and nightlife has become iconic, particularly his definitive coverage of the burgeoning 1970s punk...
Archival Pigment
Untitled, 1982, Porcelain and glaze
Located in London, GB
Ruth Duckworth Untitled, 1982 Porcelain and glaze 43.2 x 83.8 x 10.8 cm 17 x 33 x 4 1/4 in
Porcelain, Glaze
"Samsung Intensity 2", Vintage Technology, Framed Y2K Crochet Wall Sculpture
By Nicole Nikolich, Lace in the Moon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Samsung Intensity 2" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from recycled cell phone mounted on crocheted acrylic in o...
Textile, Yarn, Found Objects
Across the Water - Outdoor, Bronze Contemporary Sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Roch Smith's distinctive visual language ignites our collective imaginations. Smith is known for his playful approach to important themes. He often uses humour to en...
Bronze, Steel
$112Sale Price|20% Off
Out of the Dark Forest (cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1/3, Landscape)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The iconic Monterey cypress trees can be found all up and down the coast ...
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
"Snake > Pong", Vintage Phone Games Contemporary Crochet Still-Life Sculpture
By Nicole Nikolich, Lace in the Moon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Snake > Pong" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crocheted acrylic on MDF with 21 colors and 8,037 stitche...
Textile, Yarn, Found Objects, Wood
Pink Flowers - Lithograph by Ivan Rabuzin - 1980s
By Ivan Rabuzin
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Flowers is a colored lithograph realized by Ivan Rabuzin . Hand signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered in pencil on the lower left corner. Edition of 200 pr...
Lithograph
$700Sale Price|20% Off
"I'm not here 2", Abstract, Blue, Green, Yellow, Mona Lisa, Acrylic Painting
By Sandra Cohen
Located in Franklin, MA
Sandra Cohen’s “I’m not here (2)” is a 10 x 10 x 1 inch acrylic painting on cradled wood, in green, blue, and yellow. An experiment in abstraction based o...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$2,249Sale Price|20% Off
View of Venice – Santo Stefano Bell Tower, Italy – Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25028 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
White Light - contemporary, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Sasha Rogers
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting is by Sasha Rogers. White Light is a stunning example of Sasha Rogers masterful use of light, colour and texture. As an artist, she has been infl...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,159
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil
Abstract Landscape Painting in Peach and Green, Signed, 100cm
Located in Silverthorne, CO
The Unfurling is a dramatic abstract landscape painting of light and time. I am ever more aware of my nothingness, of my tiny, tiny place in this universe. Of the passage of time, pa...
Canvas, Oil
$8,800
Wolf Kahn - Ocean Cove, unique signed pastel on paper landscape painting, Framed
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Ocean Cove, 1996 Pastel on paper painting Hand signed and dated by Wolf Kahn on the lower right Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality hand made wo...
Oil Pastel, Pastel
$2,000
"My Horizon - Santa Monica" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on canvas piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very colorful pa...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Calder's Stabiles - Photolithograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Photolithograph on paper, realized in 1963 for the french Art Review Derrière le Miroir. Not signed. Very good condition.
Lithograph
$8,296
Childhood’s Sails VII by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, child, figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Childhood’s Sails VII is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 109 × 27 × 36 cm (42.9 × 10.6 × 14.2). The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Bronze
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
"My Horizon - French Riviera" Colorful Abstract Color Field Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic canvas, this work dazzles with vivid color and rich texture. Shaoul captures the quiet beauty of the present moment through a translucent yet intensely colorful palette, a...
Canvas, Acrylic
Porthole Trio - Contemporary, Circle, Waterscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps Porthole Series captures dreamy waterscapes. This listing is for a set of three artworks. Each artwork measures 30"x30" an edition...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$35,154
Synthesis 6 by Tom Price - Sculpture and lighting, LED, original, abstract
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis 6 (small horizontal) is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, acrylic and LED, dimensions are 45 × 51 × 35 cm (17.7 × 2...
Steel
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Igniting the Inner Flame" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Igniting the Inner Flame" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts an a male nude in a contemplative pose. This piece is unf...
Canvas, Mixed Media