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.
$5,485Sale Price|20% Off
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp Pigment Print with Gold Paint, Framed, Pirelli, 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Gold
Cloud #4 (Contemporary Abstract Cloud Painting on Wood Panel)
Located in Hudson, NY
Cloud #4 (Contemporary Abstract Cloud Painting on Wood Panel) by David Konigsberg 2025, oil on panel, 23 x 24 inches Konigsberg’s recent paintings share a fluid, emotive gesture. T...
Oil, Panel
$337Sale 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
$1,735Sale Price|20% Off
Lavender Field, lonely Tree, stranger cloud, black and white landscape - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7. Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and...
Digital Pigment
$1,927
Ancient Laurisilva Forest Madeira, black and white panorama photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white minimalist landscape photography. Two windswept trees on a flat landscape, grayscale photo with foggy background. Archival pigment ink print as p...
Digital Pigment
$1,950
"Enchanted Forest"Contemporary Italian Realism in Miniature Form by Dina Brodsky
By Dina Brodsky
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Enchanted Forest" is an original artwork by Dina Brodsky, as part of her acclaimed two-person exhibition "Little Italy", an exhibition celebrating travel in contem...
Copper
Set of 2 canvas with brown leather, natural dyes and cotton with wooden frame
Located in Carballo, ES
TUSET (1997, A Coruña) buries. He presents his latest series using patchwork, with paintings that have spent a year underground and leather. What emerges is an eroded map, a surface ...
Leather, Wood, Cotton Canvas
$6,649
Hardwick Green 567 (on white ground) Butterfly Orchids and Clover 368
Located in Deddington, GB
The subject of this work is a wildflower meadow in Wales, called Cae Blaen Dyffryn, which is maintained by the charity Plantlife. It is a site where the beautiful rare creamy-white b...
Canvas, Acrylic
SMILING MAN, MARDI GRAS - Portrait Photograph, New Orleans, Signed Limited Ed.
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
A Mardi Gras Indian known as Spoons during Super Sunday 2007, in which Mardi Gras Indians parade down from the Bayou St. John in New Orleans. Photograph Print is 12 x 9 inches, Frame is approximately 19.5 x 15 inches. Statement: "My mission is to capture the vitality of human experience and to present it on paper in a visually compelling manner. I work with daily life, ritual and celebration within which I look for moments of insight. From Coney Island, to New Orleans, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia and India I use my camera as a tool for understanding and mutual respect between cultures!" Andy...
Photographic Paper
$1,988
Timeless - Handwoven Landscape Painting, Modern Painted and Woven Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
"Timeless", from the series Horizons, handwoven painting, linen yarn, acrylic textile paint, 60 x 80 cm, 2022. Canvas is entirely constructed on a weaving loom...
Textile, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic
Warm and Sunny
Located in Greenwich, CT
Warm and Sunny is an offset lithograph by Takashi Murakami from 2011. The image size is 27 x 27 inches and the framed size is 39 x 39 inches. Framed in a contemporary, silver-tone fr...
Paper, Offset
$1,794Sale Price|40% Off
Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting 'The Vale', Oil on Canvas
Located in Silverthorne, CO
The world of my imagination is vast. It unfolds before me, with valleys and rivers and seas, wind, and rain and sunlight. It holds limitless stories and poems, passages of time and s...
Oil
$2,530
Sea Water swimming Pool, Diving Platform, color photography limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Sea Water Swimming Pool Study 1, France - no. 21244 // Color fine art long exposure seascape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Ber...
Digital Pigment
Silver Linings No. 1 - contemporary, handcrafted, ceramic sculpture
By Loren Kaplan
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary ceramic black floral shaped vessel is by Loren Kaplan. A gifted ceramicist, Loren Kaplan’s strikingly elegant work is highly regarded by international collectors. ...
Ceramic
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - estate print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971 Posthumuous c type estate print with digital signature 72 x 108 inches Edition ...
C Print
"My Pink Diamond Hearts" Oil Painting on Board with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Oil, Board, Glass
The Sphere of Reason
By Mark Kostabi
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed and dated, l.l. This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. About the artist: Artist and Composer Mark Kostabi was b...
Canvas, Oil
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful oil on canvas abstract painting by Polish artist Monika Rossa. Artwork is a gestural abstraction, there are many dynamic shapes and composition consists of many...
Canvas, Oil
Red Barn on the Old Farm, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A quiet, peaceful summer day in the country, with a light wind and a sky full of fluffy white clouds over an old farmstead. "This is my favorite time of year in the country!" exclaims artist Sharon France...
Acrylic
24th February 2021, Red, Yellow and Purple Flowers on a Blue Tablecloth
Located in Bristol, GB
From the series 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures inkjet (or digital printed) computer drawing/painting, iPad painting printed on paper Edition 32 of 50 88.9 x 63.5 cm (35 x 25 in)...
Paper
Winston by Cécile Raynal - Large bronze statue of Winston Churchill
Located in Paris, FR
Winston is a unique bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 183 × 70 × 70 cm (72 × 27.6 × 27.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...
Bronze
$1,400
Cheerful Blues Contemporary Abstract Blue Floral Painting on Canvas 24x24 inches
By Jodi Ferrier
Located in Washington, DC
Cheerful Blues is a contemporary blue floral painting on canvas 24"x24". This floral painting captures the quiet beauty and expressive movement of fresh blooms arranged in a deep blu...
Acrylic
$2,200
Topiary III - large format photograph of ornamental shaped tree in urban setting
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of photographic observances capturing the antics of urban gardening and striking art of topiaries' green minimalism TOPIARY III by Frank Schott 40 x 32 inches (102 x...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink
$1,800
“Neither was Lying…”, Woman, Flower, Stripe, Yellow, Pink, Brown, Mixed Media
By Sandra Cohen
Located in Franklin, MA
"Neither was lying, neither was telling the truth, neither knew the difference" is the full (and long) title of this 18 x 24 x .5 inch experiment with cut paper on archival board by ...
Acrylic, Paper, Board
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine, Painting with Gold Leaf on Japanese Paper
Located in Paris, FR
Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese paper mounted on panels...
Gold Leaf
"LaFlat" Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print on Cardboard
By Kid Hazo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"LaFlat" is an original archival pigment print on cardboard box artwork by Kid Hazo measuring 5.5"h x 11"w x 5.25"d. This is an edition of 13. Hazo’s belief that art is for everyon...
Cardboard, Archival Pigment
- 21st Century Contemporary realistic Painting of a bird
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ria Koreman Wren 30 x 24 cm (framed included in price 35 x 29 cm) Ria Korenman paints what many people overlook: the magic in everyday life. Especially birds, with a soft spot for t...
Canvas, Oil
$2,213Sale Price|24% Off
Wild Horse, abstract, figurative oil on linen, rich bold colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied under professor Vasilije Jordan. In 1992/93 he joined t...
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Silver and Color No. 168
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful blue painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf on canvas. The artist studied calligraphy in Japan. In 2004 he moved to New York where he began painting abstract works of acrylic on canvas. Since 2009, Takefumi has been making gold and colored abstract works. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn where he is surrounded by the hustle and bustle of everyday urban life. The energy of New York City is an inspiration. His use of gold as a main material came about after long and intensive experiments. His compositional forms such as circles, squares and rectangles are ideal forms for gold to work with other colors in his work. The compositions of these elements are based on his experience with Japanese calligraphy. He merges the traditions of Eastern and Western art. His works are in numerous collections including Tiffany and Co., Claridges Hotel...
Silver
$10,844
Berry Orange Blue - by Skadi Engeln Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in DE
Skadi Engeln, a Berlin- and France-based artist, studied sculpture at FH Ottersberg with Robert van de Laar and painting with Michael Kohr and Hermanus Westendorp. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in cities like Berlin, Düsseldorf, Paris, New York, and more, and is part of international collections. Engeln explores landscape as a dynamic, ever-changing entity dissolving into light, water, and weather, only to reassemble itself. Like painting, landscapes blur the line between the visible and the hidden, revealing deeper truths in their transitions. The horizon plays a central role in her work, both separating and connecting what lies above and below, the seen and the concealed. Rather than decoding these layers, she preserves their mystery and beauty. Since 2001, she has focused on abstract landscape painting. Her recent works depict landscapes veiled by lines, stripes, and distortions, creating a sense of distance, like reflections in a train window...
Canvas, Oil Pastel
$9,277
AMBSE by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary geometric landscape painting, earth tones
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
AMBSE is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 96 × 105 cm (37.8 × 41.3 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a ...
Canvas, Acrylic
A Winter Sunset, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A fiery sunset settles over the mountains, clothed in winter snow. The sky paints the surface of a winding stream with vivid orange and yellow. Bare trees stand...
Acrylic
Porthos by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze animal sculpture, bull
Located in Paris, FR
Porthos is a bronze patinated sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 17 x 14 x 15 cm (6.7 × 5.5 × 5.9 in). There are 8 editions and 4 artist's pr...
Bronze
"Star Spangled Stern" a folded sail casts a shadow on the American flag
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Linen, Raw Linen, Oil
$9,350Sale Price|20% Off
Ulysses at Home - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Yellow, Bow, Warrior, Arrow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Ulysses at Home, 2011 Acrylic Paint on Canvas, (Signed, front left corner) 94.48 H x 86.61 W in. 240 H x 220 W cm The artwork "Ulysses at Home" was part of the solo show “Epic”. Thi...
Canvas, Acrylic
$240
Colazione Assieme (Breakfast Together) - Lithograph by Antonio Saliola - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1990s. Hand signed in pencil. Artist proof. Ver good condition.
Lithograph
$1,638Sale Price|20% Off
Children 13 - Contemporary Figurative Drawing, Black And White, Realism, Boat
Located in Salzburg, 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...
Paper, Charcoal
La pietra è l'uomo - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2025
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on wooden panel realized by Marco Fariello in 2025.
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,060
Resonance #23, 25 & 26/21 -set of 3 colorful abstract paintings by James Lumsden
Located in Paris, FR
Resonance #23, 25 & 26/21 is a set of 3 paintings by James Lumsden. From left to right, it is composed of: *Resonance #23/21, a unique acrylic on canvas with a gloss finish *Reso...
Acrylic
"Fibber McGee's" Urban Storefront Irish Bar Sign with Painted Rust Effect
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fibber McGee's" is original artwork made from paper, acrylic, enamel, pastel, wire, chain, aluminum, inkjet prints, pvc by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 14”h x ...
Metal, Enamel, Wire
Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography
Located in Paris, FR
Liberty 1980 is a limited-edition photograph (Digital Print on Baryta Fine Art paper) by contemporary artist Tamary Kudita. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is ...
Digital
Pumpkins (set of 2)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Washington , DC, DC
These are genuine authorized works by Yayoi Kusama, comes with original boxes. The Yellow comes with a blue box and the Red with a red box.
Resin, Paint
$2,409
Swimming Area Panorama, Minimalist Monochrome Waterscape Photograph, Austria
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21218 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women
By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa
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
Snowy Mountains
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Oil, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
$2,650
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Nager Dans Les Bleus
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for ...
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Roman Ruins - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
Oil
Signs and Writings No. 7 by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, abstract
Located in Paris, FR
Signs and Writings No. 7 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 34 × 33 × 17 cm (13.4 × 12.9 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it ...
Bronze
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Bearden-Mecklenburg Morning: Sunrise for China Lamp Serigraph
By (after) Romare Bearden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vibrant recreation of Romare Bearden's work, titled Mecklenburg Morning: Sunrise for China Lamp, was published by American Vision Gallery Inc. and reproduced with the consent of...
Screen
Bert Stern, "Lolita, " 1962, original photograph, hand signed
By Bert Stern
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Artist: Bert Stern Title: Lolita, 1960 Year: shot in 1960, printed at a later date Medium: Color photograph, hand signed and numbered in red ink, also signed in back of piece in blac...
Photographic Paper
$2,650
Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Do to the composition, the artwork can...
Canvas, Oil
$900
Burst (Contemporary Cosmic Abstract Painting on Canvas in Black and Fire Red)
Located in Hudson, NY
Burst (Contemporary Cosmic Abstract Painting on Canvas in Black and Fire Orange Red) painted by Cinda Sparling 16 x 20 x 1.5 inches oil on canvas, unfra...
Canvas, Oil
$2,200
With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Blocks, 2012
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in oil and graphite on panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in shades of blue are vibrant against a calm, soft s...
Oil, Panel, Graphite
Balaguer Car Races 1957.. original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Hawthorn, Collins, Fangio & Behra. 1957.. original acrylic painting During early childhood, Àlex Balaguer began to sketch motorcars symbolic of Maranello’s trademark vehicle. Sel...
Acrylic
$10,362
Midday nap- 21st century painting of a girl in a red dress on a blue sofa
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina 'Midday Nap' 60 x 80 cm ( Frame is included in price, size framed in a black frame form the pictures is: Oil on linen, framed Painted after life, the artist always ...
Linen, Oil
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Mixed Feeling 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Mixed Feelings” is a visual series that captures the emotional complexity of Black womanhood, strength, softness, pride, visibility, and invisibility. Each portrait in this series h...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,650
Danseuse "Elancée" II by Yann Guillon - Dancer bronze sculpture, ballet, woman
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Danseuse "Elancée" II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 28 cm × 21 cm × 4 cm (11 × 8.3 × 1.6 in). Dimensions of the metal base: 13 cm x 8 cm x...
Bronze
Grand Central Station - New York City - monochrome photograph - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photo. Central Station with high arched ceilings, large windows, and a crowd of people walking and standing around. Archival pigment ink print as...
Digital Pigment
Wallflowers, Pop Art Screenprint by Donald Sultan
Located in Long Island City, NY
A stunning blue screenprint of “Wallflowers” by Contemporary Master Donald Sultan, which can only be described as minimalist, with flair. Hand-signed and numbered from the edition of...
Screen
Wildflowers - Screen Print by L. Rossi Garzione - Late 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 150 prints. Excellent condition.
Screen