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.
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
Spring Landscape with Pond and Trees, Hand Drawn Lithograph, 21.5 x 29 in.
Located in Union City, NJ
Spring Landscape with Pond and Trees is an original hand drawn, limited edition color lithograph by the master French landscape painter Michel de Saint-Alban. The print was created i...
Lithograph
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
Boy and the Blossom 2 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting invites us to see strength in a different light, not as something loud or forceful, but as something calm, grounded, and quietly powerful. There’s a gentle confidence i...
Canvas, Acrylic
Dreaming in The Dark
Located in Zofingen, AG
Through my art, I share with viewers the profound importance of personal integrity in our lives. In my paintings, I explore the delicate balance between individual wholeness and deep...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,280
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Menabde - The Metamorphosis of Wakefulness
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Ilia Menabde is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His practice explores the relationship between memory, time, place, and contem...
Canvas, Oil
All around the Globe Bruno Helgen Contemporary turning wood globe sculpture
By Bruno Helgen
Located in DE
Teakwood and white lava sand make this beautiful turning globe a real stunning sculpture. Made from a whole piece of wood the way the sculpture is shaped is defined by how the tree g...
Stone
$1,685Sale Price|20% Off
Palm Tree, Black-and-White Fine Art Photograph, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11600 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Haydn Suite I, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A floral painting on aged reclaimed yellowed music paper. This work needs to be framed. The sheet is about 30 x 23 cm / 12 x 9 in :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece co...
Acrylic
Cypress Cove / grand realist nature 52x80 in. oil on canvas painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Cypress Cove’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canvas ...
Canvas, Oil
Double Bubble Fish Water Bag - Limited Edition Hyperreal Glass Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW! Limited Edition Hyperreal Double Bubble Fish glass water bag sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hand-molded, hot-sculpted...
Glass
Tender Presence II
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 95×95 cm (overall size with stretching 105×105 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled Series: Trust This work continues the “Trust” series, developing the...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,800
Burst I - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color 27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
$12,500
Panthers in Jungle Oil Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa Green Dark Mirror
Located in Surfside, FL
Gustavo Novoa (Chilean, born 1941) Original Oil Painting on Masonite (that was how it was catalogued at Doyle. It might be acrylic paint) Green Dark Mirror Hand signed G Novoa lower...
Canvas, Acrylic
"John Lennon, Fillmore East, NYC, August 1972" Bob Gruen
By Bob Gruen
Located in North Adams, MA
In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono conceived a concert at Madison Garden called “One to One.” It was a benefit for the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, a facility for mental...
Screen
$2,153Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Art Tuscan Landscape Photography – Single Italian Stone Pine Tree – Limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21097 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Dubai, Dubai
L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French artist celebrated for his vibrant, dreamlike paintings that blend fantasy, folklore, and personal memor...
Archival Paper, Lithograph
$2,040Sale Price|20% Off
Beauty Within: Contemporary Oil and Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Blac...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$682
Zzyzx Resort Pool II, Soda Dry Lake, California - Palm Print Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series, he was set a challenge to find something interesting on the road from LA to Las Vegas. In the heart of the Mojave Desert, Richard foun...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,500
Shepard Fairey Fall Of American Freedom Fine Art Contemporary Screenprint Obey
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer Obey Giant Edition Details Year: 2026 Class: Fine Art Print Status: Official Run: 175/550 Technique: Screen Print Paper: 80# Cream Speckletone Size: 18 X 24 Markings: Si...
Screen
Today is the Day to Say I Love You - Abstract Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Art
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
Italian Landscapes - Lithograph by Franco Marzilli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on wove paper, realized in 1980s. Hand signed under each image. Excellent condition. In Vedute italiane, Franco Marzilli pays homage to the timeless charm of Italy’s u...
Lithograph
By The Wayside Modern Abstract Expressionism, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
By The Wayside, modern expressionism abstract painting Colors in earthy neutrals, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, white, paynes gray and a hint of aqua. This piece h...
Acrylic
$1,966Sale Price|20% Off
Wine Press House, Study 3 – Limited Edition Black-and-White Photograph, Austria
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21059 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,990
Plagodis Dolabraria - Golden Brown Cream Moth Wings Insect Photograph, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a cream and ivory moth with golden brown stripes on its wings is dramatic against a solid white backg...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Golden Path of Best Friends, Original Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This evocative painting portrays a woman seen from behind, flanked by two large dogs as she stands amidst a luminous, dreamlike landscape. Her black-and-white p...
Mixed Media
$2,680Sale Price|20% Off
Unbroken 1: 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Portrait of Woman in Nature
By Simon Obeka
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, Oil
Daisies, "Moments" series
By Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The "Moments" series tells a visual story of life’s events—both big and small—that stay with us and warm the soul Each painting is available individually, yet all the works in this ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$24,000Sale Price|20% Off
Figure Painting, Bird, Bold lines, Blocks of Color, Untitled by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin Untitled, 2026 Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 69 x 67.5 in (175.26 x 171.45 cm) America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Summer Flowers - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The simple beauty of a summer bouquet is celebrated in this lovely floral portrait by Pat Service. The Canadian artist chose to experiment with the classic still-life genre in her ow...
Canvas, Oil
A Good Mix, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A variety of flowers representing springtime convey a light and airy feel. White and purple blossoms stand in a clear glass vase, with green stems and leaves ...
Acrylic
$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
Nocturnal Vision, by Yuji Hiratsuka, Original Chine Collé Intaglio Print
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio on handmade washi paper Year: 2026 Image Size : 16" H x 11" W Edition size: 15 Nocturnal Vision by Yuji Hiratsuka is an original chine collé color intaglio that exp...
Etching, Aquatint, Chine Colle
New Stories/11– Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting About Transformation
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
This contemporary abstract landscape painting explores transformation and the evolving inner landscape. Soft layers of color, textured surfaces, and fluid paint drips create a sense ...
Acrylic
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
By Ronald Shap
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude man crouching. Be...
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg 1994 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg : Fruits and Flowers Suite 1994 Print - Screen Print Paper size 22.75'' x 21.75'' inches Image size 12" x 12" inches Edition: signed in pencil, titled, d...
Screen
Golf Player - Lithograph by Victor Spahn - Mid-20th Century
By Victor Spahn
Located in Roma, IT
Golf Player is an artwork realized by Victor Spahn in the second half of the 20th century. Colored lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the low...
Lithograph
$13,200Sale Price|20% Off
Mixed Media, Collage, Swimmer, Text, Blue, Pop Art, Love Swimmer by Greg Miller
By Greg Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER "Love Swimmer" Acrylic, Collage on Canvas 24 x 60 in. Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relatio...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
ANOTHER DAY Signed Woodcut, Modern Portrait, Black Couple, Brown, Blue, Beige
By Otto Neals
Located in Union City, NJ
ANOTHER DAY is an original limited edition woodcut by the American painter and sculptor, Otto Neals. The woodblock used to print ANOTHER DAY was hand carved by Otto Neals and printed...
Woodcut
Victory II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Dog, Beach
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
Reassembling Myself II
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 100×100 cm (overall size with stretching 110×110 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled A continuation of the Self-Discovery series, this piece develops ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,060Sale Price|20% Off
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Memories of Odyssey
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Gia Khutsishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 18, 1966, into a family of artists. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. Since 1990...
Canvas, Oil
$4,860
"Even Before Anything Happens, " Abstract Oil on Canvas by Deirdre Schanen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Even Before Anything Happens" is an oil on canvas by Deirdre Schanen. The blue expanse is calm. At the bottom right is a cream colored expanse with a line of red down it and some ch...
Canvas, Oil
Wave: Abstract Painting, Framed, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The palette of Wave exudes a soothing, earthly, elegance. Working with a new medium and a new palette, Teichert is communicating with us more subtly than ever before: her line, while...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
Three poppies - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Three poppies’ London, United Kingdom 2024. It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera. The photograph is signed front and back and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Carefully placed in a secure cardboard package and shipped with an insured express delivery service. Please feel free to contact if you have any questions. About the artist: Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom. Her main focus is black-and-white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing. Her work is mainly printed on the world's oldest paper-producing houses Hahnemühle and Awagami and some more exclusive work on organic linen and cotton fabrics. Paper and canvas choices are mainly based on organic feeling also adding more special feeling to her work. 2016 Ugne finished her studies at the University of Westminster Photography and Digital Imaging Technologies. She continued her practice by applying scientific knowledge to her everyday work in fine art photography. Awards: 2023 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still Life 2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still Life 2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art 2021 Mono Visions...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Butterfly Maiden, by Dan Namingha limited edition lithograph Hopi kachina pink
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Butterfly Maiden, by Dan Namingha limited edition lithograph Hopi kachina pink limited edition color lithograph unframed
Lithograph
$327Sale Price|20% Off
Karine - 21st Century, Portrait Photography, Contemporary, Color
By Tao Ruspoli
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Karine - 2018 Edition of 10, 30x20cm. Archival Print. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. Tao Ruspoli (born 7 November 1975) is an Italian-American filmmaker, phot...
Archival Paper, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
$132,000
Zephyr 7ft Mirror Stainless Steel - large, abstract, polished, outdoor sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jeremy Guy's new sculpture series are available in Mirror Polished Stainless Steel, Gold Finish or Painted in Black or White. This Zephyr sculpture can be ordered in multiple sizes u...
Stainless Steel
Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy 11/35 obituary published by CNN March 2021 Celebra...
Lithograph
$2,525
Come Here and I'll show you something, original, contemporary art, animal, print
Located in Deddington, GB
Come Here and I'll show you something beautiful is a limited edition drypoint etching finished with oil pastel by artist and printmaker, Kate Boxer. The work is soft purple pastel c...
Drypoint
Shit Happens
Located in London, GB
Silkscreen and Archival Pigment in Colour on Deckled Edge Somerset Satin 410gsm Paper floated on a frame with 3mm Float Glass 44 3/10 × 30 7/10 in 112.5 × 78 cm Edition of 195 hand-...
Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Screen
Palm Springs Palm Trees V (Californication)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Palm Springs Palm Trees V (Californication) - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archivall C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artis...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$8,427
Bull IX by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, figurative, grey patina
Located in Paris, FR
Bull IX is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 66 × 60 × 15 cm (26 × 23.6 × 5.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a...
Bronze
$3,500
Emerald Manner - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Fruit Landscape Green, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a green bottle, painted patterned china and fruit...
Canvas, Oil
Miranti 1 by Raphael Macek, Equine Fine Art Photography
Located in New York City, NY
Available Sizes & Editions 60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm) — Edition of 12 71 x 47 in. (180.3 x 119.4 cm) — Edition of 12 80 x 53 in. (203.2 x 134.6 cm) — Edition of 12 88 x 60 in...
Archival Pigment
$2,680Sale Price|20% Off
Echoes of Identity - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Figuration, Modern
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 The...
Canvas, Acrylic
Silverstoned - Motorsports, Formula 1
Located in London, GB
Silverstoned, 2024 Gicleé print on Hahnemuhle Daguerre Canvas framed in Tasmanian Oak edition of 42 100 x 100 cm comes with hand-signed and numbered COA from the artist. Werner Bron...
Giclée
$1,348
Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing, Original Figurative Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Solfrid Dancing Original Figurative Painting Mixed Media on Paper Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insi...
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Portrait of Andy Warhol Offset Print, Signed, 1982, Unframed, Mint
By Hans Namuth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster issued by the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, for the 1982 presentation of photographs by Hans Namuth. The image features a striking portrait of Andy Warho...
Offset