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.
$3,350
Golden Shade of Love - Large Scale 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
Reverie - Large Contemporary Metal Sculpture, Corten Steel Base, 70 in
By Jason Kimes
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large figurative contemporary metal sculpture is designed for the outdoors. As far back as he can remember Jason Kimes was always making some form of art. The Mississippi born ...
Steel, Stainless Steel
$10,000
Grass Blue Wild Flower - Sky Blue Periwinkle Magenta Abstract Painting, 2022
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
Thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations in cheerful, exuberant color. Little moments in luminous shades of sky...
Canvas, Oil
Bunnies on White Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil and diamond dust on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slon...
Gold Leaf
$5,500
'A House is Not a Home' by Paul Medina; Fired Clay, Underglaze; 18" x 47" x 1.5"
By Paul Medina
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This sculpture by Oklahoma-based artist Paul Medina depicts a dove flying over a meadow and house. The pinkish, off-white bird is centrally placed in the disk shape that makes up the...
Clay, Underglaze
Mistress of the Autumn Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, the artist creates the image of a woman as the keeper of the harvest, of space, and of the rhythms of nature. Her figure rises from the earth as naturally as the ap...
Canvas, Acrylic
Little Boodge
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph on wove paper. Published in 1993. Copyright © David Hockney, verso.
Lithograph, Offset
"Bar" Miniature Wall-Mounted Storefront Sign by Drew Leshko
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Bar" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum, and pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 17”h x 1.75”w x 10”d. Paradi...
Metal, Enamel, Wire
$425
Fish and Chips Van Square, Haddenham - English Vintage Countryside Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic British fish & chips van, on a classic English day Haddenham Steam Rally Country Fair, photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 50 gloss photogra...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Chill Out: Fragment
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 90×90 cm (overall size with stretching 100×100 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled Series: Chill Out «Chill Out: Fragment» This painting is about findi...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,118
Winter Storm Over a Minimalist Wooden Pier, Limited Edition Waterscape Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11591 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$4,118
Unity I, Plaster by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, white
Located in Paris, FR
Unity I, Plaster is a plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant. Dimensions: 14.5 × 8.2 × 3.9 in / 37 × 21 × 10 cm. The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Plaster
Into Day
Located in Burlingame, CA
The impressionist land and water scene from Brooks Anderson. This estuary scene of Marin captures you and takes you on a journey from stream to ocean. Artist signed, titled and dated...
Oil, Panel
New Girl in Town
Located in Zofingen, AG
New Girl in Town captures that delicate, almost imperceptible feeling of being slightly out of rhythm with the world around you — where everything seems settled, familiar, already un...
Canvas, Acrylic
Dreamlike Landscape with Tree, Moon... - Lithograph by Franco Fortunato - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on paper. Hand signed. Artist Proof. Excellent condition. This poetic work by Franco Fortunato presents a surreal night landscape filled with quiet symbolism and...
Lithograph
Hibiscus Yellow Pocket Painting 233, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellow Hibiscus 233 (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, wi...
Canvas, Oil
Point d'ancrage – Contemporary Abstract Geometric Painting, Architectural
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Point d'ancrage This original geometric abstract painting by French artist Sophie Dumont is an oil on linen canvas created in 2026. Known for her richly layered paintings that comb...
Oil
Pleasure - 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.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$805
Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Pastel Abstract Resin Artwork Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nayla Saroufim creates installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dialogue betwee...
Resin, Mixed Media
$580
Dawn from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Blue Gradient Skyline
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pig...
Blessed Nude original Drawing on Red Paper, Blue Tempera, 27.5x19.6in in Florida
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blessed" Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with pencil and blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size is 7.5x19.5in...
Paper, Tempera
$450
Africa Motifs 6 -21st Century Contemporary, Abstract Expressionism, Design
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, Acrylic
Weightless - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Africa Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Weightless captures a suspended moment between control and release. His posture suggests not defeat, but acceptance, a letting go of tension, burden, and the unseen trials that pres...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Oostdijk Silence 1 - 21st Century Contemporary seascape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Joost Verhagen Oostdijk Silence 1 100 x 140 cm Acrylic paint on canvas Shipping on a roll in a tube we can offer, worldwide, for free. Because of the constantly changing prices we ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Il Volere della Vita - Screen Print by Ennio Pouchard - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Offset and screen print on paper realized by Pouchard in the 1970s. Hand signed on the lower left in pencil. Good condition.
Screen
"Rye", Small-Scale Contemporary Oil Painting of a Cat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Rye" is an original piece by Kay Seohyung Lee made from oil on panel. This piece measures 10"h x 8"w x 0.5"d and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity and is signe...
Oil, Wood Panel
Passport 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Modern
By Wisdom Uche
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
They Rode to Save Wildlife (Red) 95/100 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 2010
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary bronze figurative tabletop sculpture featuring animals is by Gillie and Marc. The British/Australian artistic duo of Gillie and Marc’s humorous bronze sculptures h...
Bronze
$6,700
Combahee Verde Lagoon - 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 how beauty, meaning, and emotional impact can be created from industr...
Wire
Sea of Golden Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Sea Within — Journey Between Light and Silence. A glowing sea stretches toward the horizon, where golden light meets shimmering waves and distant cliffs. Filled with atmosphe...
Canvas, Acrylic
When the time slowed for us - Contemporary Architecture House Oil Painting
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
Guy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Africa, Love
By Wisdom Uche
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
Drifting Between Light and Love - Contemporary Pool House Oil Painting
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
$5,507
Caroline's Torso by Yann Guillon - Nude bronze sculpture, female torso, body
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Caroline's Torso is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 15 × 15 cm (11.8 × 5.9 × 5.9 in). Total height of the sculpture with base and shaft: 5...
Bronze
Mini Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal mini water bag glass sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hot sculpted glass hand-molded entirely by the artist. The p...
Glass
$5,500
Underwood LUV (Love) - Vintage Typewriter Machine Gun, conceptual wall sculpture
By Éric Nado
Located in Dallas, TX
Bold, witty, and impeccably engineered, Underwood LUV is an extraordinary sculptural transformation of a vintage Underwood typewriter by contemporary artist Eric Nado. Crafted from an authentic black and copper Underwood machine, this striking work reimagines one of history's most iconic writing instruments as a commanding machine gun sculpture...
Metal
Protected Truth -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media
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
In My White Boots - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Still Life Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Roland Garros 2006 Vintage Offset Print in Contemporary Style
By Günther Förg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Official poster designed and created for the tennis tournament held at Roland Garros French Open every year. The poster is a limited edition of 2000. First edition, unsigned and not ...
Offset
Here and There
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Here and There is a stunning oil painting on linen of a seated figure in a room. This piece is in Leigh Cunningham's signature style of blurry abstracted realism.
Linen, Oil
$1,715
Laurisilva of Madeira - analogue black and white nature photography, Limited 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
' Laurisilva of Madeira' 2026 Limited edition of 10 Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof. Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signe...
Film, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée
$3,400
Recess (Panther) /// Jack Graves Jaguar Leopard Wild Jungle Animal Painting Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Recess (Panther)" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2026 Medium...
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
$1,276
Monte Amiata I and Utopian Foyer IV, Milan - Two Framed Architecture Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Two framed artworks each measuring 30" x 23.5". 'Monte Amiata I' and 'Utopian Foyer IV', Milan, 2020. Artworks from Richard Heeps' photography series 'A Short History of Milan. The...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
In Plain Sight
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ceramic parrots atop wood perches, each is handmade Our objective is to distill the stereotypical perceptions and associations within our culture into visually compelling objects, s...
Ceramic, Wood
Sun No.11 - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Figurative Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker creates vibrant original artworks that merge the enduring charm of folk art with a contemporary sensibility shaped by nature, memory, and visual storytelling. Inspire...
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Will You Be My Lobster?
Located in Zofingen, AG
Some people spend a lifetime searching for proof that they belong to someone. Others quietly become a home for themselves. This lobster isn’t waiting by the sea. It has already found...
Canvas, Acrylic
Karma, Milan - Italian bookshop street photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Karma, street photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. 'A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Affordable Art...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$3,350
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
Peonies - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Peony Flowers Teacup Glove, 2024
By Matt Barter
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary botanical still life oil painting on panel with magenta, pink, white and dark purple peonies in a mustard ochre colored vase, a blue glove and white teacup against a w...
Oil, Board
Where Time Stood Still
Located in Zofingen, AG
Where Time Stood Still (From the "Synchronicity of Souls" series) "Where Time Stood Still" is a visual manifesto of safety, unconditional trust, and the mental connection between hum...
Canvas, Acrylic
Tales By Moonlight 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscapes, Modern City, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The harbor town hummed with a low, rhythmic energy as the sun dipped below the horizon. Shadows stretched long and ominous, swallowing the vibrant colors of the day. But as the last ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$675
Love Tide Washes In - Mixed Media Street Graffiti Inspired Artwork 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
$360Sale Price|40% Off
Ozzy Farewell Tour (Silver), 2019 (Black Sabbath, Iconic, Metal, Rock)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Shepard Fairey Ozzy Farewell Tour (Silver), 2019 Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2025 Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Edition: 450 Signed, dated and numbe...
Screen
$1,800
HONKY TONK Signed Lithograph, 1996, Black Musician Collage Portrait, Guitar
Located in Union City, NJ
HONKY TONK is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the African American artist James Denmark printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Somers...
Lithograph
Fish Says Fuck You All - 80 x 60 cm, Off-set lithography
Located in London, GB
80 x 60 cm Off-set lithography Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper Narayana Press in Denmark David Shrigley is a British visual artist known for his distinctive, whimsical, and often ...
Lithograph, Offset
Pink Ascension Beyond The Moon & Stars
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, artist's antique frame, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hu...
Gold Leaf
"You Are Here: S Thing" Thread and Acrylic in Graffiti Letter
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "You Are Here: S Thing" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma ...
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
Muriel Chazalon, "End of day" Oil on canvas, Contemporary Landscape
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Muriel Chazalon (b. 1957) – Fin de journée (End of Day) Oil on canvas, 2023, 31½ × 47¼ in. (80 × 120 cm) signed on the back Fin de journée is a large-scale landscape painting by Mur...
Canvas, Oil
Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics
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
Clear Bubble Fish Water Bag - Hyperreal Glass Sculpture (Limited Edition)
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW! Limited Edition Hyperreal Bubble Fish glass water bag sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hand-molded, hot-sculpted glass,...
Glass