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
The Watchers
Located in Zofingen, AG
On the red ground, black silhouettes stand still — quiet, alert, unbothered.
They guard nothing and search for nothing — they simply see.
Their presence fills the space with a weight...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Christmas Tree, Winter Landscape, monochrome landscape limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Christmas Tree Study 1, Austria - no. 21350 // Black and White Fine Art landscape photography.
Blue Agave, plant, detail, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Room 2 - Collector Portfolio # 5 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
A Gentleman's Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
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
Mor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Crescent Moon Late May - Night Sky Stars Green Woods Water Trees Landscape, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
The night sky over the densely treed forest of Hennen's Wyatt Mountain, Virginia home is the subject of this rich, highly detailed contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel set...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Before you came - Polaroid, Women, 21st Century, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Before you came- 2020
50x50cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-937.
No...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fashionista 2 - 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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Threading Horizons 4
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas or panel.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Brigitte Nielsen for Herb Ritts - Photograph by Herb Ritts - 1987
By Herb Ritts
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Herb Ritts in 1987.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$3,035 Sale Price
20% Off
Jane Mansfield for Bill Kobrin - Photograph by Leo Mirkine - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Bill Krobin in 1963.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,655 Sale Price
20% Off
The Warriors by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, group of human figures
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze sculpture, patinated brass or steel plinth. 167 cm × 60 cm × 30 cm. Limited edition of 8 + 4 A.P., each signed and numbered.
Dimensions include the plinth of the sculpture, w...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Rachel Williams for Sante D'Orazio - Photograph by Sante D'Orazio - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Sante D'Orazio in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,655 Sale Price
20% Off
Carbon Void Jade by Tom Price - Abstract geometric sculpture, innovation, energy
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Carbon Void Jade is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of coal, polyurethane resin, steel, dimensions are 46 × 155 × 71 cm (18.1 × 61 × 28 in).
Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
''Lukah 2'' Dutch Contemporary Portrait of a Boy in Red Uniform with Gecko
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a perfectionist, enthusiastic and di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass
Untitled X. From The series Buscando Mamá. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist returned from Italy to live back in Colombia in 1987.
Castro wanted to produce from t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
Cradle - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Cradle' part of the series 'Hands down' - 2019
50x50cm,
Edition 5/7.
archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
Artist inventory PL2019-505.
Not...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Jane Mansfield for Bill Kobrin - Photograph by Leo Mirkine - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Bill Kobrin in 1963.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,655 Sale Price
20% Off
Stephanie Seymour for Herb Ritts - Photograph by Herb Ritts - 1987
By Herb Ritts
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of vintage b/w photographs realized by Herb Ritts in 1980s.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,845 Sale Price
20% Off
Ana - Original Figurative Fine Art photo, Sensual woman in bed the sun in eyes
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
A sexy topless woman in bed hiding her face from the sun
This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sander...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting With Pastel Tones
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Interlocutors
Located in Zofingen, AG
Three figures at a table during a tea break. A simple everyday scene, filled with the atmosphere of conversation.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jacques Tati and Alain Becourt - Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1958.
Copyright: Magnum Photos and Agenzia Contrasto.
Excellent condition.
Category
1950s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
In too Deep
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
In too Deep - 2020,
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proof
Archival Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2020-887.
Not m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Black and White, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
$328 Sale Price
20% Off
A Single Bud - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "A Single Bud" is a luminous example of modern abstract botanical painting that fuses organic minimalism with symbolic form. This unique painting invites viewers in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Girl - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Girl' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs,
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid,
Not mounted. Signed on the back and with ce...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
So Still (Sidewinder) - analog, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
So Still (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition 1/5 or 2/5,
150x128cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Pr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Tribute to Michelangelo III by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
Tribute to Michelangelo III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving
Garden of early delights I by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting
Located in Paris, FR
Garden of early delights I is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 160 × 130 cm (63 × 51.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drangarnir Sea Arch Panorama Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Drangarnir, Sea Arch Panorama, Faroe Islands - no. 21357 // Black and White Fine Art Panorama Seascape.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Dries Van Noten’s table. From the Interiors series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This atmospheric oil painting by Stephanie Johnson, titled Clearing, captures the fleeting moment when dawn or dusk quiets the landscape in a soft hush. A luminous yellow sky gradual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Country Figure - Painting by Luciano Schifano - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Luciano Schifano (1943) in 1987.
Hand signed and titled.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
$379 Sale Price
20% Off
Forget Me, No
Located in Zofingen, AG
A stubborn, vulnerable plea — to refuse, yet still hold on.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Shell - Oil Paint by Edolo Masci - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Edolo Masci in 1990s.
Hand signed.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 62x57
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$521 Sale Price
20% Off
Madonna - Photograph by Lee Friedlander - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage b/w photograph realized by Lee Friedlander in 1980s.
Copyright and provenance: Playboy.
Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
$3,414 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pinky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Pinky" - Small Glass Pac-Man Ghost Sculpture by Dylan Martinez.
Size: 5" h x 4.5" w. Signed on the base by the artist. Each sculpture is unique.
These whimsical Pac-Man Ghost scu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Lights On The River, Landscape Artwork, Original Oil Painting, Abstract Art
By Miles Cole
Located in Deddington, GB
Lights On The River is an evocative work inspired by a walk across the River Thames on a hot summer night. The heavily abstracted shapes convey the effect of the city lights reflecte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frozen Trees in a Field Panorama, limited edition minimalist winter landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Frozen Trees in a Field Panorama Study 1, Austria - no. 21356
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. Prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuehl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Male Nude from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999
20x20cm,
Edition 4/10.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label.
Artist Inventory # 293.
Not mounted
THE GREA...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Mafalda by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze animal sculpture, frog, green patina
Located in Paris, FR
Mafalda is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 20 × 26 × 33 cm (7.9 × 10.2 × 13 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Werner Bronkhorst - Birdie Chance
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst,
Birdie Chance, 2025
Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks.
Hand-stretched over F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Dotted Clover - Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Dotted Clover" is a bold and meditative piece of contemporary folk art that highlights her ability to blend simplicity with symbolic resonance. This original acryl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
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, Acrylic
Weight They Cannot See 3 (Truth Never Die) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Truth never dies …Like a seed buried deep, it will sprout again
Through fire and darkness, her eyes do not look away.
Lies can burn, time can hide, but truth lives on, waiting to be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Seeing Bloom - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Seeing Bloom" is a striking original painting that fuses abstract botanical symbolism with a rich, earthen palette, capturing the viewer's attention through its el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Tree in Frozen Field Misty Morning Winter minimalist winter landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Tree in Frozen Field Study 1, Austria - no. 21365
Pigment Print, limited edition of 7. Printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the back and signed, numbered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Blue glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling installation
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
ArtArsouf Blue Contemporary handmade Glossy ceramic balloon sculpture. The balloon sculptures can be easily installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creatin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Anthos, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A tulip-like shape emerges from a warm beige background. Three vertical bars extend from the top of the petals while sharp lines and a small brown circle hover on the bottom. Two small crosses and a square introduce a playful detail on the lower part of the composition. Artist Sally Morris Clark...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
PAILL by Ramon Enrich - Large contemporary painting, landscape, architecture
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
PAILL is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions including the frame are 95 × 175 cm (37.4 × 68.9 in).
The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Xsakioro by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze black sculpture of a horse, smooth
Located in Paris, FR
Xsakioro is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 94 × 65 × 47 cm (37 × 25.6 × 18.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
''Resting with Ancients'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
With the ''Resting with Ancients' Nichola shows...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
"Frammenti" Original Drawing Large Size- Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Fragments
Artist: Marilina Marchica (1984, Agrigento – Italy)
Year: 2024
Medium: Charcoal on high-quality Fabriano paper
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Frame: Custom handmade frame availabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Paper
$1,327 Sale Price
20% Off
Ha Long Bay, misty Island, black Rock, Vietnam
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Ha Long Bay, Study 2, Vietnam - no. 21367
Digital Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta Fine Art Paper, edition of 7.
Each print is stamped on the back and signed, numbered a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Entrapped 7 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, yellow & white, organic
Located in Paris, FR
Entrapped 7 is a unique paper porcelain sculpture by contemporary artist Simcha Even-Chen, dimensions are 30 × 30 × 24 cm (11.8 × 11.8 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
Rhapsody
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Rhapsody - 2016
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
50x50cm
Based on the Polaroid
Archival C-print,
not mounted.
Signed on the back and with certificate.
Artist inventory PL2017-110...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Polaroid
Nick
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This example of Hunt Slonem's most well-known motif comes complete with a lovely golden frame sourced by Hunt himself.
Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$7,500
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Why don't you find out for yourself (Bombay Beach) - 2023
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and certificate.
A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
Lerici 251 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 20, hand-signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Polaroid
Foggy Slave Cliff, Atlantic, Faroe Islands, monochrome landscape limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Foggy Slave Cliff Study 3, Faroe Islands - no. 21352 // Black and White Fine Art landscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Frozen Landscape, minimalist plant photography monochrome limited edition print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Frozen Landscape Study 2, Austria - no. 21349
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
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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