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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
Cypress Tree on a Hill with a Cross - Tuscany - limited landscape editon photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist landscape photography. A small group of tall, slender cypress trees on a dry, barren hilltop against a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Urbantree Negative I by Ondřej Oliva - bronze sculpture, golden, round, texture
Located in Paris, FR
Urbantree Negative I is part of the Urbantree Negative series which is composed of pieces of three different sizes: * Urbantree Negative I. Diameter: 50 cm/ 19.7 in. Edition of 6. * ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Orelisa - 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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pedal Boat - Balaton - long exposure waterscape photography - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photography. Five pedal boats on a platform over water, with a cloudy sky in the background. Digital pigment ink print, e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

FADING INTO STONE 3 surreal original oil/canvas Paula Craioveanu large 30x38in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Fading into Stone 3 " . Original, unique painting. oil on canvas, 30x38in. Shipped stretched ready for display in the US, and shipped rolled in a tube to Europe and rest of the wor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Estelle - Original Figurative Fine Art B&W photo, naked woman lying on a bar
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
A sensual naked woman lying on a bar This is an original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) tit...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

Steps - underwater photograph - print on paper 21" x 18"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A light and very becoming underwater photograph of a girl walking down the steps of a swimming pool. The light blue photograph shows no swimsuit neither nudity. The crystalline wate...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Myth #7. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Between 2 silences— Abstract Minimalism, Oil Painting, Seaside, Contemporary art
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Framed in natural wood or black floater frame (your choice) Signed – Certificate of authenticity – Ready to hang Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter based in Normandy, kn...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Mario Jung, "Whispers of Summer" 48x48 Colorful Textured Tree Landscape Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, “Whispers of Summer”, is a 48x48 oil painting on canvas by artist Mario Jung. Executed with a palette knife and heavy applications of oil paint, the work has a bold, dime...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism
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 the Artist Joy Eyitayo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Companion 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Bee Love
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Tree by the calm sea panorama - minimalist landscape - Portugal - limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. A lone tree with green leaves growing beside a paved road, with the ocean and a clear blue sky. Archival pigment ink print as part of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Mist" City Landscape with Flowers and Construction Equipment by Max Seckel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Mist" is an original artwork by Max Seckel is made of flashe, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas. This piece measures 23”h x 31”w x 1.75”d framed, is signed by the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Tumsae No 1 - red, white, pattern, 3D, felt, textile, tapestry, wall hanging
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The natural world provides infinite inspiration for the beautifully textured work of Chung-Im Kim. The fabric artist creates unique wall hangings from sewing tiny pieces of industria...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Felt, Thread, Mixed Media, Screen

Three Pink Lotus Flower Panorama, Mekong Delta, Vietnam - large color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. Minimalist Lotus Flowe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

George Washington from the Kent Portfolio, Pop Art Portrait by Alex Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original print from the Kent Bicentennial poster portfolio published by Lorillard. This side-profile of the president is from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio. Alex Katz is a leadi...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Patagonia by Marie Louise Sorbac - Contemporary bronze sculpture, penguin, black
Located in Paris, FR
Patagonia is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 64 × 35 × 27 cm (25.2 × 13.8 × 10.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Foyer IV, Milan - Italian design architecture interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer IV, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has become ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Unión 2 and Errabundeo Cordoba 7. Nude in a landscape color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Errabundeo Series Though each love is experienced as unique and though the subject rejects the notion of repeating it elsewhere later on, he sometimes discovers in himself a kind of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Blue woman, 80x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue woman, 2022, 80x100 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer – Lotus by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese landscape painting, nature, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Summer – Lotus is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with japanese pigments, silver and gold leaves on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dime...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

Myth #4. From The Myths of Human Erectness series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Myths of Human Erectness explores the human body as both subject and object, interrogating the myths surrounding masculinity, erectness, and human supremacy. The male figure emer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hera II - Modern Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture for Shelf or Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with an elegant and graceful modern appeal. Seemingly disparate cultures inspire Kallweit; the streng...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Mulafossur Waterfall, Gasadalur village, Faroe Islands - color landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Coastal landscape featuring a high plateau with a waterfall cascading into the ocean, partially obscured by fog. Pigment ink print, limited edi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Lodge Pole Fire Cone 25-125 - Corten steel, outdoor, fire pit sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary outdoor sculpture of a pine cone made from steel is by Floyd Elzinga. Hand forged from corten steel, Floyd Elzinga’s impressive outdoor sculpture of a pine cone is...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

M.180603 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, column
Located in Paris, FR
M.180603 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 65 cm × 12 cm × 7 cm (25.6 × 4.7 × 2.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Grammia Virgo Female - Coral Red Black Peach Moth Insect Patterned Wings, 2007
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a coral red moth with black markings on its wings and abdomen and pale peach on its upper wings is dr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Castaway - Abstract Playful Earth Tone Textural Paint Splat Mixed Media Artwork
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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

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

Carrefour l’arbre -21st Century Contemporary Realistic Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist) Carrefour l’arbre, sectie 4 100 x 160 cm ( frame not included) Oil paint on linen We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning. Incredibly c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gondolas and San Giorgio Maggiore Church - cityscape - Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Gondolas docked along wooden posts on a misty water canal and in back San Giorgio Maggiore Church. All Gerald Berghammer prints are ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fall into Silence
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue, indigo, navy, water, sky 31 x 31" Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coconut Boat Panorama, minimalist beach landscape, Vietnam - photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color photography. Several colorful coconut boats pulled up on a sandy beach with sparse green vegetation, calm sea, and cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Synthesis 1 by Tom Price - Sculpture and lighting, LED, original, abstract, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Synthesis 1 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, acrylic and LED, dimensions are 205 × 50 × 50 cm (80.7 × 19.7 × 19.7 in). T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Air connection by Francesca Bernardini - Abstract sculpture, statuario marble
Located in Paris, FR
Air connection is a unique Statuario Carrara marble and glaze sculpture by contemporary artist Francesca Bernardini. The dimensions are 33 × 50 × 20 cm (13 × 19.7 × 7.8 in). The scul...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Stainless Steel

December 2020 C
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Edition 13 of 25 42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in) Signed and numbered on the reverse Mint Published by Heni
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Waouhhh! by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal sculpture, funny
Located in Paris, FR
Waouhhh! is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 15 × 17 × 15 cm (5.9 × 6.7 × 5.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Lisette II - Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture for Shelf or Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Swing and Lawn, From the Series "Why This Restlessness?"
Located in Miami Beach, FL
By removing parts of the image, he explores the tension between what is present and what is omitted, focusing on the reasons behind these choices and their implications. The cutouts ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Color

The last day of summer - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ludo by Yann Guillon - Contemporary bronze sculpture, nude male figure, movement
Located in Paris, FR
Ludo is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 × 20 × 15 cm (9.8 × 7.9 × 5.9 in). This sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

The Five Markets in Palermo - Screen Print by Piero Gauli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Piero Gauli in 1970s. Edition of 80. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Mixed Feeling 3 - 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Neighborling Maquette 30" Personified House Structure as Tabletop Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Neighborling Maquette 30" 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

Hoarfrosted Lonely Tree in Frozen Field - winter landscape - limited edition
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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA - monochromo photograph - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Red Cherries, Archival Ink, Limited Edition, Contemporary Still Life
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Limited Edition Print of 20, from the original oil painting "Cerises Rouges" by Gabriel Riesnert. Medium : Archival Pigment inkjet on BFK Rives White Arches 310g. Dimensions...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cotton Candy Cumulus Gum Drop - Original Blue Three-Dimensional Wall Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Golden (Abstract Square oil Painting on Canvas with Blues and Yellows)
Located in Hudson, NY
'Golden' painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2025 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches with white painted sides, unframed Excellent condition, ready to hang Signed, verso T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

P-GELD by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, acrylic on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
P-GELD is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Ramon Enrich. This artwork is an acrylic on canvas. Dimensions are 50 x 60 cm (19.6 × 23.6 in). In this work, Ramon Enrich explor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Horse Offset Print by Walasse Ting, Contemporary, 1990, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walasse Ting was a Chinese American artists renowned for the use of vibrant colors, evident in this limited edition large scale “Blue Horse”. ??Oversized poster. Published by Yves Ri...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Sun loungers on the Beach - minimalist sea landscape, Italy - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Landscape Photography. Beach chairs and canopies on a sandy beach with a pathway leading to the water, overcast sky. Digital pigment ink print, edition of 7...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Top of the Cliffs - single Person - England - minimalist landscape photo
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Infinity Net (Blue) (Kusama 26)
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins. Edition 42 of 100 64.1 x 55.2 cm (25.2 x 21.7 in) 71.1 x 62.2 cm, 28 x 24.5 in Signed, numbered, titled and dated on the f...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Green Iron Jungles N7 by Calo Carratalá - Tondo painting, landscape, green, tree
Located in Paris, FR
Green Iron Jungles N7 is a unique round acrylic on aluminum and gloss varnish painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, diameter is 120 cm (47.2 in). The artwork is sig...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Iron

WOMAN IN LOVE female nude by Paula Craioveanu -original art inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Woman in Love”. Part of Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Shipped rolled in a tube...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Pencil

Wrestlers VIII by Yann Guillon - Contemporary bronze sculpture, male athletes
Located in Paris, FR
Wrestler VIII is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 47 × 44 × 29 cm (18.5 × 17.3 × 11.4 in). This sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

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.