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.
Waves Serigraph Screen Print, 2005, Unframed, 33.5 x 28 Inches
By Hans Meyer Petersen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This dynamic abstract composition by Hans Meyer Petersen captures the fluid energy and rhythm suggested by its title, Waves. Executed with sweeping, gestural strokes, the image featu...
Screen
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Heart Space - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Love, Home
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 Sam...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Iron wolf. Limited Edition 4/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Located in Riga, LV
Dimensions: 32 W x 32 H x 13 D cm Weight: 8 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 4/5 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a b...
Bronze, Metal
Spiral Circle of life - bronze figurative sculpture, 130 cm high
By Tolla Inbar
Located in New York, NY
"Spiral circle of life" is a sculptural meditation on connection, movement, and the invisible bonds that unite us. Individual human figures join hands to form a flowing spiral - an a...
Bronze
Rural Resistance Series - Home Guard, Animal print, Bunny, Abstract print
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Rural Resistance Series - Home Guard by Harry bunce consists of pink and brown tones that display a bunny holding a gun and a flower with gunshots on thr sheet. Additional informati...
Archival Pigment
"Cool Cat" - Cat drawing on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello. Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. Size 17 x 14 in. Offered unframed. Ships rolled Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"SEPTA Bus", Figurative Textile Artwork of Philadelphia City Bus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"SEPTA Bus" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils, acrylics, sewn mixed media, velcro, and thread artwork measures 10"h x 32"w and ships with a gallery-issued ...
Canvas, Thread, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
$28,000
Le Cube - large, colorful, contemporary, painted steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Philippe Pallafray’s latest sculpture—an eye-popping candy-coloured large steel cube—each stripe painted in bright red, orange and pink balances on one corner. The Quebec artist designs pop art pieces that reflect the duality of nature and the industrial world. Pallafray typically uses steel and stainless steel that he cuts, shapes, folds and welds. “My geometrically shaped sculptures...
Steel
$1,678Sale Price|10% Off
Trees on Rocky Island, Norway – Long Exposure Black and White Waterscape Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21293 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
"Grape Seed" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary realistic landscape painting by Carol Young captures a barn in a rural setting. It features a vibrant, contrasting p...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair of Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures on Black Granite Bases
Located in Boulder, CO
Measurements Male: Figure: H=35” W=15” D=8” with base H=6’4” weight ca. 600 lbs. Edition of 9 2009 Measurements Female: Figure: H=34” W=14” D=7.5” with base H=6’-3” weigh...
Granite, Bronze, Stainless Steel
$341
Mum's Favourite, original art, affordable art, pattern art, still life art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mum’s Favourite [2022] original Acrylic on canvas board Image size: H:30 cm x W:26 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:26 cm x D:0.5cm Frame Size: H:39 cm x W:34 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. This contemporary still life features a characterful pot (Mum's favourite!) on a patchwork tablecloth. The rich textures and the colour palette of spice tones are perfectly set off by a French style white wooden frame and will add vibrance and warmth to both traditional and modern homes. Kerry Louise...
Canvas, Oil
$1,525
Love Has No Fear - Blue Cool Tone Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Art 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, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
By the Roots. Series " Primordial Garden. Mythology "
Located in Zofingen, AG
By the Roots unfolds the Primordial Garden as a place where human presence first encounters the memory of the earth. Three figures tell no story; instead, they dwell in silence besid...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,312Sale Price|25% Off
'On the Beach' Colourful 3D Contemporary landscape painting, sea, water, beach
By Max Todd
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'On the Beach' is a fun and vibrant contemporary 3D painting of beach goers and figures by Max Todd. Inspired by beach holidays Todd has created a work that makes you dream of the su...
Canvas, Acrylic
A Place of Endless Summer: Oil Painting of Contemporary Pool Architecture
By Lilly Muth
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...
Canvas, Oil
$3,540
Judgment II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea, Beach View, Realism
Located in Hallein, AT
In this painting, the artist quotes a man rising from the grave, dazzled by the light of the risen Christ from the masterpiece of Hans Memling, "The Last Judgment”.. Julita Malinows...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
Silk and Stone 27 - Geometric Abstract Monotype Yellow Blue Shapes Gray, 2016
Located in Kent, CT
This is a monotype print, a unique print with no other editions. This monotype on delicate Asian paper layers geometric shapes in yellow, teal and navy blue on a background that tran...
Archival Paper, Monotype
Hunt Slonem "Blue Ascension Fall" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Ascension Fall Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 40" Framed Dimensions: 32" x 42" Signature: Signed by Artist on Ver...
Oil
$4,400
Botanica Ocean Mist - Large Sculptural Abstract 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...
Wire
Titty Twister by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, breast, nude
By JJK
Located in München, BY
Titty Twister Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist Plastic breasts on display for sale in Amsterdam. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo arti...
Archival Pigment
$1,800
"West Ritner hill" Color-Forward Cityscape with Geometric Abstraction Elements
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "West Ritner hill" is an original artwork by Miriam Singer and is made of pencil, marker, and acrylic on paper. The artist spends her free time biking around the ci...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Danseuse Creole Nice Cote D'Azur
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Danseuse Creole Nice Cote D'Azur after Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was a French artist known for his vibrant use of color and innovative design, playing a key role in the Fauvism m...
Lithograph
November - figurative, woman, landscape, water, sea, green, blue
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
November, 2022 acrylic on canvas 78 47/64 x 106 19/64 inches 200 x 270 cm The painting by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the minutes/seconds when we noti...
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Hop Skip Jump" Original oil painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hop Skip Jump Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso E...
Oil
$3,744
Mirror of the Clear Water - Contemporary Woven and Painted Abstract Artwork
Located in Hallein, AT
"Mirror of the Clear Water. The Primeval Landscape", from the Light series, handwoven abstract landscape, linen yarn, organic cotton, acrylic, linen cloth, gold leaves, 80 x 60 cm, ...
Gold Leaf
Along the Way, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Santa Fe, NM
green, grey, landscape, water, mountain 13 x 13" oil painting on canvas with frame. Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canva...
Canvas, Oil
$1,685Sale Price|20% Off
Koltur Island, Faroe Islands – Black and White Fine Art Long Exposure Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21346 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
You Are My Universe, original oil painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the artwork titled "You Are My Universe," a profound narrative unfolds within the realm of the "Self-Perception" series. This painting encapsulates a poignant moment shared betwee...
Canvas, Oil
Small Figurative Oil Painting Inspired by Picasso and Cézanne
Located in Atlanta, GA
This intimate oil painting by Anne Darby Parker explores themes of connection and human presence through a visual language informed by both Pablo Picasso and Paul Cézanne. Dynamic br...
Canvas, Oil
Highline At Dusk
Located in New York, NY
Digital chromogenic print from negative
Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
$3,460Sale Price|20% Off
"Peripheral Dream" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Peripheral Dream" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male nude. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang. Jon Was...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Sagittarius, zodiac digital collage print, surreal, astrology, metallic edge
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Sagittarius, 2018, digital collage print, surreal figurative, astrology, astrological sign, metallic gold edge, on glossy heavy card stock with pink art deco design on reverse.
Digital
Every Fall's Wing - Blossom. Abstract Painting, Floral Patterns & Gold Leaf
By Suk Ja Kang
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract art experiments with the use of texture, tone, and light perception. Through abstract works, the artist expresses her feelings rather than particular objects or scenes. With Suk Ja Kang...
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Korean Contemporary Art by Kim Iljung - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Nacre & acrylic on canvas, Kim Iljung is a Korean artist born in 1979 who lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. Adhere, Scratch, Push Away are his motto. The dual nature of mot...
Canvas, Acrylic
Hummingbird Rufous Pocket Painting 238, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Rufous Hummingbird 238 (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings,...
Canvas, Oil
TROPIC 1 by Ramon Enrich - Landscape Painting, Earth Tones, Architecture
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
TROPIC 1 is a unique acrylic on paper mounted on wood painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 94.5 × 134 cm (37.2 × 52.8 in). The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Large Colourful French Exotic Impressionistic Figurative Painting "Hypnose"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, large scale figurative painting with a vivid, exotic background featuring flowers and a cat. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists, yet is undeni...
Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, 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...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dragon Ride, Limited edition print, Cycling, Sports, Bike art, Silk Screen print
Located in Deddington, GB
'Dragon Ride' by Eliza Southwood is a bright, colourful and beautiful Limited Edition silkscreen print on paper. Eliza Says: "Screen printing is a fairly technical hand-made printing...
Paper, Screen
Kylix Collage Print, Figurative, 1986, Edition 102 of 300, 24x32(Frame Included)
Located in New York, NY
Intaglio etching and collage print on hand-marbled paper by New Orleans artist Frances Swigart (b. 1942), titled "Kylix," created in 1986. This impression is numbered 102 from the ed...
Color, Print
$9,790
Bull by Eric Valat - Bronze animal sculpture, contemporary, figurative, powerful
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Bull is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 30 × 73 × 26 cm (11.8 × 28.7 × 10.2 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited e...
Bronze
Tiger #3 by Brad Wilson - Animal portrait photography, wild cat
By Brad Wilson
Located in Paris, FR
'Tiger #3, Los Angeles, CA, 2010' is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Brad Wilson from the ‘Affinity’ series which features studio portraits of wild animals. Thi...
Archival Pigment
Werner Bronkhorst - The Champions (A0)
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst The Champions (A0), 2025 Archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Photorag paper with solid walnut frame Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity 118.1 x 84.1 cm (A0...
Giclée
Etude pour Compotier avec Poisson, May 24 by Pablo Picasso
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Etude pour Compotier avec Poisson, May 24 By Pablo Picasso 1950 Dated in upper left of paper “24 Mai 50” (May 24, 1950). Original pencil drawing on lined white paper Boldly dated...
Paper, Pencil
$424Sale Price|30% Off
Breathe Slowly/18
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Breathe Slowly/18” offers the viewer a moment of restoration and tranquility through the image of open fields under a wide sky. The clouds, almost floating in the blue sky, give a s...
Acrylic
$655Sale Price|20% Off
Piano - Contemporary Oil Painting, Colorful
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Canvas, Oil
Trees Study Etching, Contemporary, AP 1/3, Mounted, 1980s
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
British printmaker and artist Wendy Jean Holt (1948–2025) was known for her distinctive etchings and aquatints, produced primarily during the late 1970s and 1980s. Her work combined ...
Etching
Andy Goldsworthy - Unique, Signed Print for UK Royal Mail Christmas Stamp Series
Located in New York, NY
Andy Goldsworthy Presentation print for Royal Mail Christmas Stamp Series, 2003 Color photogravure on handmade rag paper with deckled edges hand signed lower right front in pencil; u...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pencil, Photogravure
Crowning of a Satyr
By Chris Ofili
Located in London, GB
Edition of 125 40 colour screenprint with hand applied 24-carat gold leaf on Somerset Tub Sized Satin White 410gsm. 76 x 60 cm (29.9 x 23.6 in) Signed and dated by the artist Chris...
Gold Leaf
Hunt Slonem "Timothy" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Timothy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Un...
Oil
$1,100
Field Painting July 8 2022, Violet Flowers, Grass, Trees Summer Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
A peaceful outdoor scene in summer of delicately painted lavender and violet blue flowers in a grassy field beneath a tree with dark green leaves, beautifully capturing the idyllic f...
Oil, Panel
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Soft Souls - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionism, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"There is a language spoken only in the space between us— a calm that holds our truths without demanding words. In that quiet, we find understanding, we find safety, we find each oth...
Canvas, Acrylic
Baltimore Oriole Watercolor and Paper Art, Framed, 21st Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Baltimore Oriole" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed . Vaishali ...
Paper, Watercolor
$24,000
Two Panel Figurative Painting, Abstraction, Collage, Oil Paint, Chinese, Wang
By Victor Wang
Located in St. Louis, MO
Two Panel Figurative Painting, Abstraction, Collage, Oil Paint, Chinese, Wang “My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into Am...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Voile Blanche 2: Framed Pastel on Paper Landscape, Contemporary, 2010+
By Marion Puig
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The artist aimed to capture the essence of a suspended moment at sea, where silence, light, and freedom come together in simple, balanced harmony. The layered blue tones reflect the ...
Paper, Pastel
Its Your Way, Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting by Allison Chambers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Allison Chambers’ Its Your Way is a large-scale original oil painting on canvas measuring 36 x 60 inches. The elongated horizontal format is especially well suited to above-sofa, con...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Botanical - Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Abstract Botanical - Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. ABOUT THE ARTIST Marc Zimmerman is a visionary artist whose creations embody ...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Etching by Franco Marzilli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper, hand colored. Artist Proof, hand signed. Very good condition..
Etching
$120Sale Price|20% Off
Frida Kahlo Portrait Print, 1932 Photograph by Guillermo Kahlo- Poster, 1997
By Guillermo Kahlo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original poster featuring a portrait of Frida Kahlo taken by her brother, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1932. The poster is part of the Ordrupgaard collection in Copenhagen and was ...
Offset