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
Pumpkin Cast Resin Figure - Red & Yellow (Set of 2) Yayoi Kusama Sculpture
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Manchester, GB
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin Cast Resin Figure - Red & Yellow (Set of 2)
Medium: Painted cast resin
2 x 3.94 x 3.35 x 3.35 inches (10 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm).
Accompanied by the original box
Stam...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin
Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, USA, black and white art landscape, wood frame
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2022. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, black, natural white archival Passepartout, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archiv...
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
1983
Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “A/P” in blue ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
ZT 241216 - contemporary modern multi-color abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 241216 is a unique one-of-a-kind medium size contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Herman Coppus. This bas-relief relief consists of a meticulously hand cut, folded ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cardboard, Acrylic
Electric Chair
By Andy Warhol
Located in Bristol, GB
Screen print in colours
Edition of 250
90 x 121.5 cm (35.4 x 47.8 in)
Signed, numbered and dated on the back
Condition on request
Printed by Silk Print Kettner, Zürich, published by ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, black and white, fine art, landscape, photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Antelope Canyon sandstone formation detail, Page, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"CRAP" ("Text-i-monial" series by Charles Clary)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"CRAP" 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
Nevermind Nevermind Original Slides Print
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of the original, 1991 color film slides from Kirk Weddle's photo shoot with Nirvana laid out on a light box in Kirk's studio, from our collection of out...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
By Wi Taepa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
E Tu (Stand Tall), contemporary Maori sculpture, green patina, warrior figure
Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa (born 1946, in Wellington) is a New Zealand ceram...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
"Laurel Canyon" Contemporary Abstract Framed Mixed Media on Canvas Painting
By Maura Segal
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Laurel Canyon" is a contemporary framed mixed media work on canvas by Maura Segal, with abstract shapes and color blocking. The artist cuts hundreds of paper shapes and adheres them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Basquiat Bearbrick 1000% (Basquiat Be@rbrick)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1000% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure:
A nicely sized (27 inch), highly collectible Bearbrick Basquiat statue piece, trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
When I Close My Eyes - Large Vibrant Pink Sunset Landscape Skyscape Painting
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
White Totemic Sculpture in Ceramic, 2025 - 'Farmer's Wife'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Created specifically for the exhibition Timeless Remnants in Knokke, "Farmer's Wife" is part of Laura Pasquino’s new totemic ceramic series. This standing sculpture, composed of stac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Science Is Truth Found Out
By Ed Ruscha
Located in London, GB
Silk twill scarf in colours. Edition of 500. Numbered and digitally signed. Within original presentation box. Gagosian Gallery / (RED)ition 2022.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile
Divide - 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Divide'
2016, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Based on a Polaroid, digital C-Print, not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2016-789
Kirsten Thys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Study for the Chairlift (Anacapri) - Drawing by Ennio Calabria - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Study for the chairlift (Anacapri) is a contemporary artwork realized by Ennio Calabria in 1965.
Mixed colored watercolor on paper.
Hand signed, dated and titled on the lower margi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
''Untitled 22'' Contemporary Mixed Media Painting with Purple Flowers on Beige
By Jean-François Debongnie
Located in Utrecht, NL
Jean-Francois Debongnie, born in Brussels, has lived in Singapore since 1989.
Debongnie is a self-taught artist and prefers large canvases on which he explores themes that inspire ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Afrocentric Radiance
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In a vibrant celebration of African heritage and beauty, our protagonist, a stunning black African woman, graces the scene with her majestic presence. Crowned with a voluminous afro ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tribut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, USA, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Monroe, New York City, USA, 1956
1956/2023
Signature stamp, verso
Archival pigment print
6 x 6 inches, sheet
3.75 x 5.5 inches, image
This work is offered by CLAMP in New...
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
BIrds - Lithograph by Aldo Pagliacci - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed.
Edition of 130 copies (105/130).
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cabin with Turquoise Sky - Textured painting of Frank Lloyd Wright style house
Located in Dallas, TX
Dan Parry-Jones – Cabin with Turquoise Sky
Mixed Media on Panel 38.5 x 30.5 x 1.5 inches
White frame included
In Cabin with Turquoise Sky, British contemporary artist Dan Parry-Jon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Together through Time - 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
Real Coco de Mer by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Nude, woman, muse
Located in München, BY
Real Coco de Mer
Edition of 25
signed and numbered by the artist
JJK shows his perfect play with light and shadow in this intimate photograph.
The shape of the body reminds us of th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chelsea Model. Contemporary Nude Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is a classic and rather lovely life painting. Full of shade, tone and light Ibbitson creates beautiful studies of the human form.
Oil on canvas
Excellent condition. Signed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer 8 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acid Rain, Pale Peach Leaf Violet, Light Grass Green, Gold Abstract Pattern
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in pale peach, light blue, and pale violet on a light green background with hints of golden orange and greenish yellow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
New Perspective. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
“New Perspective” is a painting that epitomizes renewal and confidence. The background of the city street conveys the rhythm and dynamics of life, where the figure in its movement re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,004 Sale Price
20% Off
Cleansed - Abstract Colorful Experimental Optical Illusion Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic and spray paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original abstract artworks. To create these intriguing visuals, Ges...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Rocky Stone Coast, long exposure, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Rocky Stone Coast, France - no. 18153
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Rocky stormy Atlantic coast of France. Archival pigment ink print, edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Golden Gate, San Francisco, Bridge Detail, limited edition photo print, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Golden Gate Study 16, CA, USA - no. 11601 // B&W Fine Art Photography Gerald Berghammer
Pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. Prints are made to order in limited editi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Black Cowboy
Located in Nashville, TN
Black cowboy portrays a minimalistic cowboy character in a desert scene holding a cigarette in his right hand and a pistol in his left. The figure stands in front of an orange monochromatic sky as a rainbow wave streams through his chest, suggesting themes of transparency and openness. Using bold, confident strokes, Brandon Jones...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Chitalpa 3
By Thomas Slate
Located in Santa Fe, NM
cyanotype, acrylic on canvas
blue, white, cyan
Thomas uses a cyanotype photographic process incorporated into his paintings. The layering process of his paintings evoke a sense of d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Photogram
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Yohaku No Bi (The Beauty of Empty Space)
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Pauline Ziegen
oil, gold leaf, mixed media on panel
coral, pink, white gold, teal, aqua, rust, navy, blue
Pauline Ziegen’s earliest landscape paintings were painted outdoors in Kans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Women are Gods - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa, Women
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
"Spirits Through Time VI, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract portrait Limited Edition print by Ned Martin blends realistic and abstracted styles. Part of his Spirits Through Time series of female portraits, the woman's face is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
High Meadows, Caernarvon
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Contemporary impasto oils in rich deep color, this is a traditional landscape scene of croft and loch with a modern aesthetic. Stunning contrast from mountains that raise off the can...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Lying down- 21 st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude woman lying down
By Egbert Modderman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch painter Egbert Modderman made this painting in the beginning of 2021.
2020 was a very successful year for the young Dutch painter, he did win ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Morning Valley Light (hand-printed cyanotype, 8.5x 11 " matted to 11x 14")
Located in Oakland, CA
Towering monterey pines lean into the blue mist of the valley beyond.These iconic Monterey Pines are in the woods across the bay from San Francisco. A larger framed edition of this ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
Women nude drawing
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
White wooden frame with glass pane
76,5 x 56,5 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Pen, Pencil
$160 Sale Price
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No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Alejandro Casanova (Spanish artist)
No title
80 x 80 cm
Oil paint on canvas
Alejandro (Ale) Casanova was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1981. In the capital of Turia, he studied Fine ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paintbrushes - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber (Dutch artist)
Paintbrushes
30 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 33 x 23 cm)
Acryl on canvas
In the paintings of The Hague-based artist Heidi von Faber, light plays...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Woman- Original Watercolor by Madeleine Sellier - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a beautiful artwork realized by Madeleine Sellier.
Blue watercolors. In very good condition.
Hand signed on the lower margin of the plate.
Mounted on a card...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
2010
Signed and dated, l.l.
Graphite and pastel crayon on paper
30.5 x 22 inches
$3,125
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
BROTHERS Signed Lithograph, Contemporary Portrait, Two Young Boys, Peach, Brown
By Aldo Luongo
Located in Union City, NJ
BROTHERS is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Argentine artist, Aldo Luongo. Printed in 1975 at Circle Gallery NYC using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arche...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sylva Koscina - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sylva Koscina - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Sylva Koscina is considered one of the best actresses of her ti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Julie Mehretu 'Easy Dark'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Easy Dark poster for Julie Mehretu’s exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a remarkable piece that embodies the energy and complexity of Mehretu’s work. Printed in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Violaine
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Free shipment worldwide.
Foundry Bocquel.
Edition of 80 ex.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Up the Avenue
By Marc Yankus
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated, verso
22 x 17 inches, sheet
(Edition of 15)
44 x 32 inches, sheet
(Edition of 9)
This photograph is offered by ClampArt...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shalom Harlow; Topless in army outfit - Pirelli session (1997) for 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment
$3,484 Sale Price
20% Off
Paree
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
$11,752
Politeness (The Virtues) Damien Hirst Cherry Blossom Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Politeness - Cherry Blossom, 2021
Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel
120.1 × 96 × 0.1 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 × 1/50 in)
Edition of 1549
Hand-signed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
Armand - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait painting realized by Marco Fariello in 2022.
Oil on canvas.
Head of an artist's friend in a Raphaelian pose.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ancient Laurel Cloud Forest, Trees, black and white photography, landscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography print. Ancient laurel cloud forest in mystical fog in Fanal on the island of Madeira, Portugal. Archival pigment ink print, edition of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lakeside wooden Jetty, black and white long exposure art landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Jetty with benches on a rainy day at the beautiful Wallersee in Salzburg, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Sakura 5, Kyoto, Japan 2019, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
David Burdeny (b. 1968. Winnipeg, Canada) graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Interior Design and spent the early part of his career practicing in his field before establish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paree #13, Contemporary, Nude, 21st Century, Polaroid by Carmen de Vos, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Paree #13, 2013, Edition printed 2018, Edition 1/7, 25x25cm plus 3cm white border. [From the series Goldenbogen & Zouzou]
Digital archival pigment print on beautiful
PHOTO RAG ® UL...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
"Balearic Islands Terrace" Original Oil Painting 16 in x 20 in
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Balearic Island Terrace" is an original oil painting by Contemporary Realist Megan Eisenberg. This painting was made using high quality oil paints on cradled hardwood panel and fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Pression - large, expressive, person, figurative, aluminum outdoor sculpture
By Paul Duval
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single figure stands precariously on a narrow ‘ledge’…back pressed against a frame, one leg raised and arms out wide as if trying to find balance. This is the engaging work of Quebec Sculptor Paul Duval. His large outdoor sculptures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
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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