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.
RFK and Ethel Kennedy Campaigning in Indiana, Color Photograph, 1968
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
Robert Kennedy (RFK) and his wife Ethel Kennedy, campaigning in a small town in Indiana USA in 1968 is a color photograph, 16” x 24,” an archival pigment...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
$3,550
"Shades of Feelings 1" contemporary woman, afro, blue shirt, hands on face
Located in Edgartown, MA
In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become in...
Canvas, Acrylic
Mike Mitchell - Vermillion Flycatcher - Artist Edition - Contemporary Artist
Located in Asheville, NC
Mike Mitchell - Vermillion Flycatcher - Contemporary Artist Edition Details: Year: 2017 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 11/04/17 Run: 450 Technique: Giclee Paper: Cotton...
Giclée
$1,872Sale Price|20% Off
Cypress Hill Panorama Study 3, Tuscany, Italy, Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 18188 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Born in Rockford, Illinois, 1951 Zoa Ace creates figurative oil paintings that explore human relationships through theatrical narratives infused with symbolic animals and whimsical...
Canvas, Oil
$24,580
Alchemy by Romain Langlois - Rock-like bronze sculpture, golden, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Alchemy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 34 × 44 × 27 cm (13.4 × 17.3 × 10.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Bronze
"Elderberries", Botanical Study of Elderberries with Autumn Leaves
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Elderberries" is an original artwork by Vasilisa Romanenko and is made of acrylic on canvas, and measures 10"h x 8"w. It is signed en verso by the artist. Vasilis...
Canvas, Acrylic
Remembrance #35 by Maho Maeda - Fiber Art and painting, Japanese, brown
By Maho Maeda
Located in Paris, FR
Remembrance #35 is a work by the Japanese artist Maho Maeda. This work is composed of two assembled panels that give the work two different surfaces: canvas and wood. Acrylic, colore...
Textile, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
$1,880Sale Price|20% Off
Pathfinder 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women Face
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Pathfinder is Inspired by portraying the struggles, aspirations, and joys of women in my society, and to encourage viewers to connect with these experiences on a personal and emotion...
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Supermodels, in Palazzo Versace 1994, Limited Edition Fine Art Photography
By Michel Comte
Located in Vienna, AT
Glamorous Group Portrait of the most famous Supermodels of the 90s in the Palazzo Versace, wearing the famous Versace Oroton Chainmail dresses, photographed by Michel Comte in 1994. ...
Archival Pigment
Shipwreck
Located in New Orleans, LA
Framed dimensions: 18h x 24w inches. Edition 1 of 10. David Emmite says of his work... My work seeks to ask questions about human relationships with technology, nature, and each ot...
Silver Gelatin
$670Sale Price|24% Off
Staircase to Summit, Space Age Modernism Arches, Geometric Bauhaus Blue Arches
Located in Barcelona, ES
Staircase to Summit by Natalia Roman channels the spirit of Bauhaus geometry and Space Age optimism through a precise yet poetic composition of intersecting forms and color fields. S...
Acrylic
"Fault Lines: Bantam #B7", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B7" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
$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
Pink and Blue Dots II - Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptural Diptych Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...
Metal
Wild West II - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West II by Frank Schott 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed 48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm edition of 7 signed archival museum quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity ________________________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Ed Rusha...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Iron horse. Limited Edition 3/5 - Bronze Sculpture
Located in Riga, LV
Dimensions: 35 W x 30 H x 10 D cm Weight: 4 kg Material: Bronze, patina, metal Edition: 3/4 + 1 AP, signed on base Condition: Excellent, certificate Free worldwide shipping in a bra...
Metal, Bronze
$9,949
Apollo the Sad, Daphne the Poor - 21st Century, Yellow, Orange, Nude, Harp
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Apollo the Sad, Daphne the Poor, 2017 Acrylic on unstretched canvas (Signed front right corner) 82.67 H × 47.24 W in. 206 H × 140 W cm The artist reinterprets the myths of Apollo an...
Canvas, Acrylic
Aurora: Outdoor Metal and Glass Sculpture, Mosaic Patterns
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary outdoor metal and glass sculpture is adorned with mosaic patterns in blue colours. Laurence Petit’s joyful and colourful mosaic sculptures have graced many outdoor...
Metal
Morning Ritual - Still-Life Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Morning Ritual - Still-Life coffee Painting By Marc Zimmerman Pouring a fresh cup of coffee puts us deep into our love zone, and this painting reminds us of the joy. Marc Zimmerm...
Canvas, Oil
$332Sale Price|33% Off
NIGHT BLUES - Female Nude original unique art by Paula Craioveanu in Florida
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night Blues" Female Nude, seen from the back, and a second view in the mirror. from another perspective. Part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera ...
Tempera, Carbon Pencil, Rag Paper
$11,800
Doves 2007
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very nice early Hunt Slonem of Doves with vintage frame selected by the artist
Canvas, Oil
$27,900
Pre-Columbian Series: Tut (Yellow) - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a bright yellow palette. David Sorensen was drawn to the rich and vibrant colours of Mexico. Celebrated as an importa...
Canvas, Oil
Mental Structures- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Italian artist Daniela Astone lives and works in Florence. She enjoys working with live models and paints her works from observation, the classical approach she learned at the Academy in Florence and which she now teaches to her students. Daniela Astone graduated in 2004. She had her first solo exhibition shortly afterwards in the United States. Since then, the international attention of the Italian artist has only grown. The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects are narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. Standing in front of a painting means watching...
Oil, Canvas
Ocean View
Located in Napa, CA
Victoria Veedell captures the essence of nature by examining the effects of light on form in the natural world in her softly glowing landscape paintings. Inspired by her travels thr...
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Margarite - Original Large Vibrant Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Gold Leaf
$1,840Sale Price|20% Off
Unapologetic Vogue - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil, African Fabrics, Women
By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
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 Artist Bakare Babatund...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Manhattan Skyline Night, New York City - black and white photography landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white cityscape photography. Skyline with skyscrapers, taken at night from across a body of water w...
Digital Pigment
$3,375Sale Price|25% Off
Dreams, 80x130 cm, oil, acrylic, coal, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Dreams, 80x130 cm, oil, acrylic, coal, canvas
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,371Sale Price|20% Off
Rocky Peaks Panorama, Limited Edition Black and White Seascape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21202 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Sunset I - Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Seascape, Jump Into The Water
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
Telephone VII, Palm Springs, California - Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Telephone VII, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. Captured in the cool Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs this artwork combines gorgeous col...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Lone Pine, California - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
There is a cinematic style to this artwork, Lone Pine, taken in a former movie town in California, many Western films were made there. Taken outside Richard's iconic interior photogr...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$45,000
Corpheum XIX - large, geometric, abstract, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The graceful arc of a dancer in motion is emulated in the fluid form of this elegant sculpture by Claude Millette. Three attached curved columns of polished stainless steel appear to almost float in mid-air. The Quebec artist...
Stainless Steel
The Margarete, Still Life, Interior, Green Dining Room, Daisies, Fruit
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a terracotta vase with white daisies and a red flower, beside a matching fruit bowl with limes and lemons. A blue and white painted tea cup and a striped plate with a cut lemon allude to an afternoon of tea. The arrangement is beautifully complemented by the vibrant mint green color of the walls. A dark navy blue china cabinet...
Canvas, Oil
Death Trap
Located in New Orleans, LA
Josiah Bolth says of his work... My work gestates in the space between the dreamworld and our experience of history, memory, and propaganda narratives. From this soil new symbols ar...
Canvas, Oil
$2,341
Esplanade, Beach Huts, monochrome photograph, limited edition landscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11933 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,475
BACKYARD Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts
Located in Union City, NJ
BACKYARD by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph printed on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free using traditional hand lithography techn...
Lithograph
$580
Sunset Lens, Limited Edition, Geometric Diptych in Yellow, Contemporary Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sunset Lens is a limited edition giclée diptych that translates the atmosphere of a sunset into a refined geometric composition. Through soft gradients, repetition, and symmetrical s...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Hunt Slonem "Early Spring Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Early Spring Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" Sig...
Lithograph
"Bridge", Contemporary, Aqua Blue, Black, Encaustic and Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Tracy Spadafora's “Bridge”, is from her “Monument” series. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of aqua blue and black transparent colors. The 17 x 14 inch painting ...
Encaustic, Oil, Board
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Hunt Slonem "Pretty in Pink Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Pretty in Pink Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" S...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Whydahs in Blue" Bunnies, Butterflies & Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Whydahs in Blue Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 21.5" x 29.5" Framed Dimensions: 25" x 33" Signature: Si...
Oil
Rain - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers Rain 60 x 80 cm (framed, included in price 77 x 97 cm) oil on Panel About the artist: Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. Hi...
Oil, Wood Panel
Catherine Pennington-Meyer, Luminous Depths, Original Abstract Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Luminous Depths [2021] Original Abstract Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:120 cm x W:80 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:120 cm x W:80 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Please note that in...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,755
What is Light? - Expressive Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Blue
By Robert Bubel
Located in Hallein, AT
The painting is signed on the back. The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Canvas, Oil
Marmo di Carrara - large format photograph of iconic Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed large scale original photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details Marmo di Carrara...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Traintracks) - The last Picture Show - 2004 50x50cm. Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$245
Red Dinosaur II, Milan - Brutalist Architecture Urban Color Photograph Framed
Located in Cambridge, GB
Red Dinosaur, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan, which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has be...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Black Pamona, Contemporary Hand-Sculpted Black Porcelain Floral Wall Sculpture
Located in Savannah, GA
Black Pamona is a one-of-a-kind contemporary ceramic wall sculpture from Heather Knight’s Flora Collection, a body of work inspired by botanical forms, marine textures, and the intri...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,296
Garden Spirit No. 2, Original Figurative art, Contemporary art, Floral art
Located in Deddington, GB
Garden Spirit No. 2 by Agnese Negriba [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This painting on handmade p...
Paper, Oil
Goldilocks, Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyotaku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pe...
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Eroded Safari
Located in London, GB
ERODED SAFARI, 2022 Resin, Plaster and Aluminium Oxide 12 × 5 3/10 × 4 1/2 in / 30.5 × 13.5 × 11.5 cm Edition of 500 Daniel Arsham's Eroded series is a striking series of sculp...
Glass, Plaster
$7,842
Contemporary Forest Landscape Diptych, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Carol Moreno
By Carol Moreno
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The total size of the two works is 90x180 cm. At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork i...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Drangarnir Sea Arch, minimalist color panorama, Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Seascape Photography. A large sea stack with an arch at its base, covered in grass and moss, rising from calm ocean waters. Archival pigment ink print as pa...
Digital Pigment
$1,500Sale Price|20% Off
'Untitled Assemblage #S3-23', by John Wolfe, Mixed Media Abstract Sculpture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
John Wolfe's Mixed Media Abstract Sculpture, "Untitled Assemblage #S 3-23" brings together wood, steel, ceramic elements, and acrylic paint. The warm colors of the wood and painted ceramic elements soften the feel of the rectilinear arrangement. The shallow depth of the work gives the sculpture a kind of "drawing" quality while the shadows it casts lend a more expansive feel. The heavy, dark wood base anchors all aspects of the work in place. This work is the perfect tabletop piece. It's large enough to command attention, but also subtle in its open framework arrangement. John Wolfe was born in Vernon...
Steel
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Soliloquizing 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Black
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 Tos...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$9,700
Flying Aster - Contemporary Still Life Yellow Fruit Botanical Red Blue, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a dining room interior scene is vibrant and colorful with an arrangement of flowers in a painted vase next to blue and white China teapot...
Canvas, Oil
Tyler Shields - Gator Birkin Hands, Photography 2012, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 56" x 72" 63" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs Since this item will be shippe...
C Print
$13,460
Alliance III, contemporary, wildlife, black & white photography, Cheetahs
Located in München, BY
Edition of 7 more sizes on request signed and numbered A Cheetah family is trolling around in the savannah and looking for prey. Joachim Schmeisser is represented by leading Galler...
Archival Pigment