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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
Ortucchio Lake Reflection, Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy

Ortucchio Lake Reflection, Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy

By Michael Kenna

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Abruzzo, located in southern Italy, is known as the ‘green region of Europe’ because of the system of parks and nature reserves covering more than one-third of its territory. It has ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black
Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Mexican Child Clown Portrait, Rust, Black

By Rafael Coronel

Located in Union City, NJ

Niño Payaso is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by the Mexican artist Rafael Coronel. Niño Payaso was printed one color at a time on archival printmaking paper using traditional hand lithography techniques in Paris c.1973 from lithographic stones drawn by the artist. Niño Payaso is a sensitive profile portrait depicting a young boy wearing an antique-style clown outfit whose image suggests a deeply dispirited child at a moment of gloom; a very strong impression printed in rust orange, light beige and black ink on buff colored paper. Framed size - 24 x 30 in., dark brown Mexican wood frame...

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder
"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder

"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder

By Joan Snyder

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Requiem" is an original etching and aquatint by Joan Snyder. The artist signed the piece, and the edition is of 120. This piece features abstract, expressionist text and an striking portrait of a woman with red lipstick on a pink background. 25 5/8" x 20" art 32" x 26" frame Joan Snyder was born on April 16, 1940, in Highland Park, New Jersey. She received her AB from Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1962), and an MFA from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1966). She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1983). Snyder lives in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York. Although Snyder’s paintings are often placed under various art-movement umbrellas—Abstract...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Desert Crossing - large scale black and white photo of dramatic desert landscape
Desert Crossing - large scale black and white photo of dramatic desert landscape

Desert Crossing - large scale black and white photo of dramatic desert landscape

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

DESERT CROSSING by Frank Schott from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm signed edition of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Black and ...

Ceramic Cats Hatching From Egg
Ceramic Cats Hatching From Egg

Ceramic Cats Hatching From Egg

By Sergio Bustamante

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Cats hatching from egg. Ceramic sculpture, artist signed. Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican Artist and sculptor. Bustamante was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa in 1949 and studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara. Bustamante's first art exhibition showcased...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Neighborling Maquette 29" Humanoid House Rotunda with Spire Sculpture
"Neighborling Maquette 29" Humanoid House Rotunda with Spire Sculpture

"Neighborling Maquette 29" Humanoid House Rotunda with Spire Sculpture

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece, titled "Neighborling Maquette 29" is an original free-standing sculpture by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". Clark's deteriorating st...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Resin

Untitled

Untitled

Located in London, GB

Jordy Kerwick Untitled, 2024 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 250 x 200 cm 78 1/2 x 98 1/2 inches Jordan Kerwick’s gritty, thickly impastoed paintings range from haunting figu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

ICE Too Cold to Thaw (Immigration, Justice, Protest)
ICE Too Cold to Thaw (Immigration, Justice, Protest)

ICE Too Cold to Thaw (Immigration, Justice, Protest)

By Shepard Fairey

Located in Kansas City, MO

Shepard Fairey ICE Too Cold to Thaw Screen print on 80# Cream Speckletone Paper Year: 2025 Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Edition: 400 Signed by Shepard Fairey and David J. ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Maine Lobster - Seafood Still Life Color Drenching Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Maine Lobster - Seafood Still Life Color Drenching Mixed Media Painting on Paper

Maine Lobster - Seafood Still Life Color Drenching Mixed Media Painting on Paper

By Kellie Newsome

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting
"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting

"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

Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print
Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print

Black and White Floral Macro – Minimalist Fine Art – Limited Edition Print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21050 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Hunt Slonem "Max" Original bunny painting in oil

Hunt Slonem "Max" Original bunny painting in oil

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Max Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph

Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Fishermen's Mission, Fleetwood, British vintage interior with a nautical theme, photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Ordinary Places. Ordinary Places was Richard's first colour co...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tracey Emin, The News Is I Love You
Tracey Emin, The News Is I Love You

Tracey Emin, The News Is I Love You

By Tracey Emin

Located in Dubai, Dubai

6.00 x 4.00 in (15.2 x 10.2 cm) Produced during Frieze 2021 week in London (for Air Mail) in a limited quantity (believed to be around 300). Sold in mint condition.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

French Contemporary art By Rachel Yedid - Entre un Mi et un Fa

French Contemporary art By Rachel Yedid - Entre un Mi et un Fa

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Rachel Yedid is a French multidisciplinary artist born in 1977 who lives and works between Paris, France & Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up marked by a severe autoimmune...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art
Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art

Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art

By Joan Miró

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1960s Joan Miró vinyl album art: Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 1979, Miró designed a cover for t...

Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait

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

Michael Jackson Seated, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography

Michael Jackson Seated, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography

By Greg Gorman

Located in München, BY

Edition 10 Also available in 40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 inch, Edition 25 Portrait of superstar Michael Jackson. From personality portraits and advertising campaigns to magazine layouts and fine art work, Greg Gorman has developed a unique style in his profession. His distinctive use of light in his black and white portraits is one of the identifying aspects of a Gorman photograph. Gorman’s strength has been photographing motion picture and music personalities. His work has been used in film advertising and publicity campaigns as well as album and CD covers. Some of the motion picture celebrities that he has photographed include Ben Affleck, Lauren Bacall, Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Kim Basinger, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Kiera Knightley, Clive Owen, Jennifer Lopez and John Travolta. In the music field, Mr. Gorman has worked with Elton John, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Morrissey, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Grace Jones and Frank Zappa to name a few. A partial list of the films that he has generated graphics and publicity for include “The Hurt Locker”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “King Arthur”, “Tootsie”, “The Big Chill”, “Bull Durham...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Green Shades Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Sleep Secrets 5
Green Shades Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Sleep Secrets 5

Green Shades Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Sleep Secrets 5

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Green Shades Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Sleep Secrets 5 State-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED ∽ MUSEUM QUALITY ∽ DISPLAY READY Giclee Reproduction Each limited e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée

"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol
"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol

"Seventeen", Hand cut stencil, vintage imagery acrylic and aerosol

By Mando Marie (seeyouthroughit)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

"Seventeen" is a one-of-a-kind original work by Amanda Marie (Mando), created using acrylic and aerosol on paper. The piece measures 19.75 × 15.75 inches and is pencil signed and dat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic

SF 89-153.
SF 89-153.

SF 89-153.

By Sam Francis

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm. Frame size: 112 x 97 cm. Free shipment worldwide. Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation. Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso. Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Girls in a Taxi - Naïve art, comical, colourful, Folk art, everyday life
Girls in a Taxi - Naïve art, comical, colourful, Folk art, everyday life

Girls in a Taxi - Naïve art, comical, colourful, Folk art, everyday life

Located in London, GB

Printer's Proof /5 Beryl Cook's appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. He...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

SINGING THEIR SONGS Signed Lithograph, Graphic Portraits from For My People 1992
SINGING THEIR SONGS Signed Lithograph, Graphic Portraits from For My People 1992

SINGING THEIR SONGS Signed Lithograph, Graphic Portraits from For My People 1992

By Elizabeth Catlett

Located in Union City, NJ

SINGING THEIR SONGS is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free created by the highly accla...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Traces of Light 38 X 40
Traces of Light 38 X 40

Traces of Light 38 X 40

By Heriberto Mora

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Heriberto Mora was born in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, made his way to Spain and in 1993 arrived in Florida. The cen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Purple Haze" Original bunny painting in oil

Hunt Slonem "Purple Haze" Original bunny painting in oil

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Purple Haze Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood with acrylic & diamond dust Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Si...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media

Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog
Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog

Elegant Brass Sculpture of Greyhound Dog

Located in Rome, IT

Fine gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculpture. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting. Excellent condition. The price is for 1 item

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Fabienne Verdier 'Roland Garros French Open' 2018-Vintage
Fabienne Verdier 'Roland Garros French Open' 2018-Vintage

Fabienne Verdier 'Roland Garros French Open' 2018-Vintage

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Verdier’s contribution to the Roland Garros poster series is highly valued for its artistic innovation and cultural fusion. The poster’s unique design and Verdier’s reputation as a l...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Buttons on Red, Original Painting
Buttons on Red, Original Painting

Buttons on Red, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A tuxedo cat named Buttons sits upright, its body defined by a bold white outline. Bright yellow eyes hold a steady, alert gaze. Repeated black marks across the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled

Untitled

By Andreas Gursky

Located in Washington , DC, DC

Beautiful poster by Andreas Gursky. Was sold only for a limited time

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting

Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting

Located in Salzburg, AT

The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women
Ayanfe (Favorite) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African Modern, Women

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Utopian Foyer III, Milan - Italian Architecture Color Photography
Utopian Foyer III, Milan - Italian Architecture Color Photography

Utopian Foyer III, Milan - Italian Architecture Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Utopian Foyer III', Italian Brutalist architecture photography by Richard Heeps' from his series 'A Short History of Milan'. There is a reoccurring linear, structural theme through...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Flight in Attitude, Atelier
Flight in Attitude, Atelier

Flight in Attitude, Atelier

By Richard MacDonald

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

"Flight in Attitude, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a dancer mid-ascent, suspended in a moment of pure elevation and grace. The figure’s outstretched limbs and lifted gaze ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Roland Garros French Open 2007 Poster by Shepherd
Roland Garros French Open 2007 Poster by Shepherd

Roland Garros French Open 2007 Poster by Shepherd

By Kate Shepherd

Located in Brooklyn, NY

In 2007, Kate Shepherd, an American artist celebrated for her precise line work and bold color fields, was commissioned to design the official poster for the Roland Garros French Ope...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Portrait of a Boy - Oil Paint by Luis Burgos - 2002
Portrait of a Boy - Oil Paint by Luis Burgos - 2002

Portrait of a Boy - Oil Paint by Luis Burgos - 2002

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on canvas realized by Luis Burgos in 2002. Hand signed and dated. Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm.  46.4x33.5.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography
Liberty 1980 by Tamary Kudita - Portrait photography

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 ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Hunt Slonem "Daisies" Floral
Hunt Slonem "Daisies" Floral

Hunt Slonem "Daisies" Floral

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisies Series: Florals Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 17" Framed Dimensions: 21.25" x 18.25" Signature: Signed Edition...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

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.