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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
Inner Energy by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, male figure, nude torso, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Inner Energy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 25 × 20 cm (11.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Feline IV by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, bronze, cat, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Feline IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 24 × 90 × 20 cm (9.4 × 35.4 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Wild Flower Cowgirl - Abstract Colorful Figurative Pinup 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

REFLECTIONS XI - Contemporary Atmospheric Lake 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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Clever as a Fox - Original Wild Animal Portrait Mixed Media 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...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Architectural Layered Hanging Cement Head Sculpture with Chestnut Wood Elements
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This architectural layered hanging cement head sculpture forms part of the Proyectos subseries within José Perozo’s broader framework of anthropotecture. P...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Concrete

Embrace (Light Grey) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, dynamic
Located in Paris, FR
Embrace (Light Grey) is a Fired clay constructed and painted sculpture by Patricia Volk, dimensions are 36 × 55 × 62 cm (14.1 × 21.6 × 24.4 in). It is a unique signed piece and com...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Clay, Paint

Urbantree Negative I by Ondřej Oliva - bronze sculpture, golden, round, texture
Located in Paris, FR
Urbantree Negative I is part of the Urbantree Negative series which is composed of pieces of three different sizes: * Urbantree Negative I. Diameter: 50 cm/ 19.7 in. Edition of 6. * ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Lead (Three of Heart) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Strokes and Emotions 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Retoni, seascape, fishing stilt house, panorama - color photography, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. A rustic house on stilts with a crane and fishing nets, situated on rocks in the water, under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink prin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Torso of Hercules by Walter Peter Brenner - Bronze sculpture, male torso, nude
Located in Paris, FR
Torso of Hercules is a bronze sculpture made of brown patina made of iron nitrate and wax finish. sculpture by contemporary artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 38 × 38 × 3 cm...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Rhythm of Reading, Abstract library, textured oil painting, French artist
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas – 50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in) Framed: 57 x 57 cm (22.44 x 22.44 in) Choice of natural wood or black floating frame Choice of black or natural wood floater frame Year:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

The Presence of Absence – Female (II) by Tom Price - Coal sculpture, nude body
Located in Paris, FR
The Presence of Absence – Female (II) is a unique coal, stainless steel and epoxy resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 170 × 50 × 50 cm (66.9 × 19.7 × 19....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Pink Weather
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two silhouettes stand steady on the bright yellow field, as if listening to the sky shift above them. The horizon holds its deep blue line, calm and certain, while a burst of pink ri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Delft Blue
Located in New York, NY
Sila Sehrazat Yucel is a talented artist based in Istanbul. Her background in landscape and interior architecture shapes her creative vision. With experience as an art director in ci...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tracey Emin, My Heart is With You Always Framed textile signed and inscribed tag
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin My Heart is With You Always, framed with hand signed and inscribed tag, 2015 Embroidered Linen Handkerchief, Hand Signed, dated and Inscribed in Ink on attached tag Signe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media

Pedal Boat - Balaton - long exposure waterscape photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photography. Five pedal boats on a platform over water, with a cloudy sky in the background. Digital pigment ink print, e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"Beautiful Mantra" Abstract Geometric Grid in Pastel Colors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Beautiful Manta" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, pastel, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 8.25”h x 6”w and is signed en verso. Kevin Snipes (h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Pastel

Diversity of Thoughts -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African
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

Thirteen - immersive infinite perceptual ambient color light wall sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber's celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster, Plywood, LED Light, Neon Light

Sun Fern - Figurative Abstract Folk Art Inspired Modern Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Sun Fern" is a radiant work of contemporary folk art that combines mystical symbolism with organic abstraction. This original acrylic and gouache painting on raw c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Painting Flowers Free Contemporary Modern Bold Original Nature Statement Large
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title" Freedom Flowers Painting Flowers Freedom Contemporary Modern Bold Original Nature Statement Joy Whilst creating Freedom Flowers, I connected to the gift of nature, the abund...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Truism 'Protect Me From What I Want' (framed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Jenny Holzer, Truism 'Protect Me From What I Want' 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Rock shapes Panorama - minimalist color seascape - Halong Bay - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape photography. Large rocks rising from the water with, surrounded by calm water and distant limestone cliffs and islands. Archival pigment ink print...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Pair of Blue Birds - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Pair of Blue Birds" is a striking example of contemporary folk art that merges whimsical symbolism with bold abstraction. This original acrylic and gouache paintin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Following Dreams - Original Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Block XI by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, balance
Located in Paris, FR
Block XI is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 20 × 11 × 14 cm (7.9 × 4.3 × 5.5 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plaster

Palm Springs Totem 1 - Modern Unique Muted Tone Abstract Playful Resin Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Saroufim creates installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dialogue betwee...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

Goupil by Eric Valat - Animal sculpture, fox, wild animal, bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Goupil is a sculpture by contemporary French artist Éric Valat, depicting a stylized fox poised confidently on all fours. This original work is available in an edition of eight, plus...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

In my tree by Francesca Bernardini - Abstract sculpture, white marble, smooth
Located in Paris, FR
In my tree is a unique Statuario Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Francesca Bernardini. The sculpture is maintained on the white marble base with a rod but it is movab...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Tree by the calm sea panorama - minimalist landscape - Portugal - limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. A lone tree with green leaves growing beside a paved road, with the ocean and a clear blue sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Briccole minimalist seascape, foggy morning Venice, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color photo. Rusty metal poles with spherical tops standing in calm water, with a foggy, minimal skyline and a pier in the background. Archival pigment ink print...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Oil Painting on Canvas. "Study For a Magenta Spirit"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Figurative oil painting on a square canvas. The composition presents a mystical being, a sprite from another dimension, in connection with an invisible world where peace exists beyon...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Deep Blue Landscape – Pure Pigment on Canvas by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: Blue Landscape is an original one-of-a-kind artwork by Italian artist Marilina Marchica. Executed with pure pigment pastel on canvas, this piece explores the depth of c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Pigment

Agitazione by Gina Soden - Urbex photography, abandoned place, interior, stairs
Located in Paris, FR
Agitazione is a limited-edition photograph by British contemporary artist Gina Soden. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *44,64 × 64...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Tomato Wedge - Abstract Color Drenched Floral Still Life Mixed Media Artwork
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

Blue woman, 80x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue woman, 2022, 80x100 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fields II - 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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Sea Cliffs Panorama - long exposure seascape - Faroe Islands, limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Cliffs and green hills along a body of water, with distant islands or landmasses in the background under a cloudy sky. All Gerald Berghammer p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

White Landscape – Original Minimal Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas (2025)
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy) Title: White Landscape Year: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 50 × 70 cm Framing: Ready to hang – optional handcrafted wooden frame a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Permutations
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

The Best is Yet to Come For You - Abstract Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Artwork
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, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece is an abstract acrylic painting created on a wood panel. It features a bold, energetic composition built from large, block-like shapes and expressive strokes of saturated ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Coconut Boat Panorama, minimalist beach landscape, Vietnam - photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color photography. Several colorful coconut boats pulled up on a sandy beach with sparse green vegetation, calm sea, and cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Mulafossur Waterfall, Gasadalur village, Faroe Islands - color landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Coastal landscape featuring a high plateau with a waterfall cascading into the ocean, partially obscured by fog. Pigment ink print, limited edi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Cobbolds Point Panorama seascape, wavebreaker England - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist photography. A curved stone jetty extending into a calm body of water, with a tall navigation marker at the end. Archival pigment ink ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Kaws Kubrick Bus Stop Set 1 (KM002)
By KAWS
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Ready to display super cool Kaws Kubrick Bus Stop Set 1. Released in 2002. Comes complete with 2 mini Kaws figures and bus stop in their original packaging. Figures are stamped with ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Unprocessed desire
Located in Zofingen, AG
Unprocessed desire - an inner game where attraction and risk exist side by side and give no peace. There is no attempt to explain its logic. The crown, the female figure, the die - a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waouhhh! by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal sculpture, funny
Located in Paris, FR
Waouhhh! is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 15 × 17 × 15 cm (5.9 × 6.7 × 5.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps of a swimming pool. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither nudity. The crystalline wate...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Synthesis 1 by Tom Price - Sculpture and lighting, LED, original, abstract, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis 1 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, acrylic and LED, dimensions are 205 × 50 × 50 cm (80.7 × 19.7 × 19.7 in). T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Island. Evolution, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A small wooded island rests in calm water. A colorful rock formation rises from the surface and reflects below. Warm yellows and oranges on the left shift to co...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

FLORENCE by R. Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture, earth tones
Located in Paris, FR
FLORENCE is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 170 × 240 cm (66.9 × 94.5 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The last day of summer - Contemporary Architecture Pool House 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

POMERIGGIO by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture, black
Located in Paris, FR
POMERIGGIO is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 96 × 120 cm (37.8 × 47.2 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 100 cm x 125 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Golden (Abstract Square oil Painting on Canvas with Blues and Yellows)
Located in Hudson, NY
'Golden' painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2025 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches with white painted sides, unframed Excellent condition, ready to hang Signed, verso T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About the Artist Joy Eyitayo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Watchers
Located in Zofingen, AG
On the red ground, black silhouettes stand still — quiet, alert, unbothered. They guard nothing and search for nothing — they simply see. Their presence fills the space with a weight...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Island. Boulders Beach, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This contemporary painting of Boulders Beach presents a stylized, painterly interpretation of the coast. On the left, a rocky cliff descends toward the beach, m...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

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.

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