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
"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This atmospheric oil painting by Stephanie Johnson, titled Clearing, captures the fleeting moment when dawn or dusk quiets the landscape in a soft hush. A luminous yellow sky gradual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rachel Williams for Sante D'Orazio - Photograph by Sante D'Orazio - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Sante D'Orazio in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,499 Sale Price
25% Off
Two Presence
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, Daria explores the acceptance of different shades of oneself. Two dogs — dark and crimson — stand together in silence, not competing but acknowledging each other. The p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nick
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This example of Hunt Slonem's most well-known motif comes complete with a lovely golden frame sourced by Hunt himself.
Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$7,500
Lisette II (9/25) - Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture for Shelf or Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
''Sparrows'' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with Two Sparrows, Birds
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of his idiosyncratic working met...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Duet"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Resin
$30,000
"Unseen Voices 32" 2024 oil on panel 21 x 18 in.
By Tamar Zinn
Located in New York, NY
"Atmospheric ambiguity and a love of structure are long-time preoccupations and both are central to my work. Driven by a persistent curiosity to see where the work will lead me, I wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas in Green "Whispers of the Jungle"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Whispers of the Jungle" – Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas in Green Tones is executed with professional Winsor & Newton and Rembrandt oil paints. The surface is built th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Mystical Forest Clearing, Madeira, Portugal, landscape photograph limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Shall I Compare You To Summer Days - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
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, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Flat tire - ceramic bear sculpture, taxi bear
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Flat tire - ceramic bear sculpture, taxi bear. This ceramic sculpture is from Irina’s series of Mishka.
Irina’s recent practice centers on her Mishka series and puzzle-like figurat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Ha Long Bay, misty Island, black Rock, Vietnam
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ha Long Bay, Study 2, Vietnam - no. 21367
Digital Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta Fine Art Paper, edition of 7.
Each print is stamped on the back and signed, numbered a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
You Are A Super Hero - Original Colorful Still Life Pointillist Textured Artwork
By Susan Gale
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Jane Mansfield for Bill Kobrin - Photograph by Leo Mirkine - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Bill Krobin in 1963.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,499 Sale Price
25% Off
"Frammenti" Original Drawing Large Size- Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Fragments
Artist: Marilina Marchica (1984, Agrigento – Italy)
Year: 2024
Medium: Charcoal on high-quality Fabriano paper
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Frame: Custom handmade frame availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Paper
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
Classic Pine Cone 25-627 - contemporary, stainless steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary outdoor sculpture of a pine cone is made from metal by Floyd Elzinga.
The Canadian artist’s uniquely beautiful metalwork is inspired by nature. The pine cone has b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
"White Barn", Contemporary Landscape, Blue, Green, Red, Purple, Oil Painting
By Marcia Wise
Located in Franklin, MA
Marcia Wise’s “White Barn” is a 10 x 14 inch contemporary palette knife oil painting on archival art-board from her barn series highlighting textured, dominant blues and greens with ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Girl’s dream by Cécile Raynal - seated woman figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Girl’s dream is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 155 × 50 × 63 cm (61 × 19.7 × 24.8 in). Dimensions include white wood stand.
The sculpt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dramatic underwater nude photograph of a young woman transforms the aquatic environment into a canvas of intense crimson and coral tones. The com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
$2,240 Sale Price
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Vase of Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers - Screen Print by Franco Bocchi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print on paper realized by Franco Bocchi in 1980s.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Edition of 200 prints.
Excellent condition.
Franco Bocchi was born in Cologne (BS) o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Large Arms Raised Standing Figure II by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Large Arms Raised Standing Figure II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 186 × 30 × 32 cm (73.2 × 11.8 × 12.6 in).
The sculpture is sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Jammie Dodger Pocket Painting 4c, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Jammie Dodger 4c (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Resting with Ancients'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
With the ''Resting with Ancients' Nichola shows...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Madonna - Photograph by Lee Friedlander - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Lee Friedlander in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Danae - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 65"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This celestial underwater nude photograph captures a naked female figure suspended in deep indigo waters, surrounded by cascading silver bubbles that evoke the mythological shower of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,600 Sale Price
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Napoleon Bonaparte II - interior photograph of elegant French palace villa
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale photograph of elegant interior view of the French revolutionary ballroom in the Villa Napoleone in Elba, Tuscany.
Napoleon Bonaparte II (2025) by Frank Schott
48 x 72 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Peripheral Dream - Original Colorful Still Life Pointillist Textured Artwork
By Susan Gale
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Crescent Moon Late May - Night Sky Stars Green Woods Water Trees Landscape, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
The night sky over the densely treed forest of Hennen's Wyatt Mountain, Virginia home is the subject of this rich, highly detailed contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel set...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
When Time Becomes The Idol - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Rubik Game
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“When Time Becomes the Idol” is a visual meditation on humanity’s restless obsession with controlling time, often driven by fear, impatience, or the illusion of abandonment. In a wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Forget Me, No
Located in Zofingen, AG
A stubborn, vulnerable plea — to refuse, yet still hold on.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tulip Fields 01 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 01 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Gene Autry. by Frank Romero
By Frank Romero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait of Gene Autry, by Frank Romero
This print was featured in “Dreamland”, the first solo exhibition of a Chicano artist at MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art). This is the f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Shell - Oil Paint by Edolo Masci - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Edolo Masci in 1990s.
Hand signed.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 62x57
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trace of Dracula
Located in Zofingen, AG
I recently watched the latest adaptation of Dracula, and it inspired me so much that I spontaneously created an ink sketch. Later, this sketch evolved into an oil painting. It does n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cotton Candy Cumulus Gum Drop - Original Blue Three-Dimensional Wall Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Lerici 251 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Counterpart by Tom Price - pair of functional sculpture (benches), art & design
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Counterpart is a sculpture by British contemporary artist Tom Price, it is composed by two elements each measuring 45 cm H x 220 cm L x 35 cm D ( 17.7 × 86.6 × 13,78 in).
This artwo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Marilyn Monroe-Platinum, Marilyn Monroe artwork, Celebrity Art
Located in Manchester, GB
David Studwell, Marilyn Monroe-Platinum
Screen Print with Diamond Dust
70 x 90 cm (27.56 x 35.43 in)
Edition of 30
Hand-signed by the artist
David Studwell’s Marilyn Monroe – Plati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Frozen Landscape, minimalist plant photography monochrome limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Frozen Landscape Study 2, Austria - no. 21349
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Joshua Tree Panorama, National Park, California, USA - monochroma landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Room 408 - Collector Portfolio # 1 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
"BRAT" Layered Hand-Cut Paper with Glitter Effect by Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"BRAT" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Landscape, Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape (80x100 cm) is an original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Italian contemporary artist Marilina Marchica. The work belongs to her ongoing research on architecture, memo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
$2,856 Sale Price
20% Off
Room 2 - Collector Portfolio # 5 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
"Indian Paradise Flycatcher" Delicate Miniature Bird in Watercolor Layered Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Indian Paradise Flycatcher" is an original piece by Nayan and Venus made from watercolor on layered hand-cut paper. This piece measures 11.75”h x 9.5”w x 1"d framed, and is shipped ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lily at first light - black and white fine art botanical photography, edition 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily at First Light' is a black and white botanical photograph capturing the delicate presence of a lily bloom as it greets the first light of day. Shot on large format film, the im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Untitled X. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
Nothing to hide - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nothing to Hide' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted.
Signature label and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Abstract Vines, Geometric Bauhaus Arches, Gridded Forma in Vivid Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Abstract Vines by natalia Roman channels the spirit of Bauhaus with a modern sensibility, balancing geometry, symmetry, and refined color interaction. This composition is structured ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cottages in Tuscany - Paint by Massimo Sonnino - 1999
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic on plywood realized by Massimo Sonnini in 1999.
Hand signed, titled and dated on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Werner Bronkhorst - Swing
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst
Swing, 2025
Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks.
Hand-stretched over FSC-certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Sea Cliffs Panorama, Faroe Islands, monochrome large photography limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Sea Cliffs Panorama Study 1, Faroe Islands - no. 21355 // Black and white long exposure seascape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. Prints are...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Black Fascinator - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
In too Deep
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In too Deep - 2020,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-887.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Black and White, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Into the Nothing, long exposure jetty waterscape photo, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Into the Nothing Study 1, Austria - no. 21351
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tree in Frozen Field Misty Morning Winter minimalist winter landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Tree in Frozen Field Study 1, Austria - no. 21365
Pigment Print, limited edition of 7. Printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the back and signed, numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
A Gentleman's Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
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.
About Artist
Mor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Poppy No.2 - analogue black and white floral photography, limited edition 2/15
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Poppy no. 2'
London, United Kingdom 2023
Limited edition of 15.
Printed on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta 308 Gsm fine art paper, these limited edition photographs are designed to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Giclée
Drangarnir Sea Arch Panorama Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Drangarnir, Sea Arch Panorama, Faroe Islands - no. 21357 // Black and White Fine Art Panorama Seascape.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
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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