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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
Grand Canal and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice – Limited Edition Photograph
Grand Canal and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice – Limited Edition Photograph

Grand Canal and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice – Limited Edition Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25042 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

Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Pastel Abstract Resin Artwork Sculpture
Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Pastel Abstract Resin Artwork Sculpture

Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Pastel Abstract Resin Artwork Sculpture

By Nayla Saroufim

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nayla Saroufim creates installations that challenge the traditional notion of the passive viewer. Nayla’s art is a rich mix of media. She was always captivated by the dialogue betwee...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

Lotus Flowers on Still Water, Vietnam – Minimalist Black and White Photograph
Lotus Flowers on Still Water, Vietnam – Minimalist Black and White Photograph

Lotus Flowers on Still Water, Vietnam – Minimalist Black and White Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21037 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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Wrestler Standing
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Wrestler Standing

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Wrestler Standing

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Mark Beard [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Wrestler Standing, n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm) $5,000 + $350 framing

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nature's Beauty - Large Scale Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas
Nature's Beauty - Large Scale Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas

Nature's Beauty - Large Scale Mixed Media Graffiti Inspired Artwork on Canvas

By Amber Goldhammer

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, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy – Large-Scale Minimalist Color Photograph
Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy – Large-Scale Minimalist Color Photograph

Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy – Large-Scale Minimalist Color Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26004 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

Mutual Trust
Mutual Trust

Mutual Trust

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 95×95 cm (overall size with stretching 105×105 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: Stretched, in reinforced cardboard packaging. This work is part of the T...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Meditation
Meditation

Meditation

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

Willard Dixon is widely recognized for his calm, contemplative landscapes and skyscapes, paintings that hold stillness, clarity, and a quiet reverence for nature. In this exhibition,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Surrounded Islands 1982', Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida
'Surrounded Islands 1982', Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida

'Surrounded Islands 1982', Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida

By Javacheff Christo

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 Using 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric, Christo and Jeanne-Claude encircled eleven islands in Miami...

Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Mixed Feeling 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Mixed Feeling 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Mixed Feeling 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

El mar. By Inna Panasenko. 2007. Oil on canvas. 200/300 cm
El mar. By Inna Panasenko. 2007. Oil on canvas. 200/300 cm

El mar. By Inna Panasenko. 2007. Oil on canvas. 200/300 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Inna Panasennko is one of the most successful and best-selling contemporary artists in Germany. One of the central themes of Inna's work is monumental images of bulls in all their na...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Photograph
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Photograph

Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21041 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

Peaceful Synergy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa Women, Blue
Peaceful Synergy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa Women, Blue

Peaceful Synergy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa Women, Blue

By Samson Adetunji

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 Sam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal

Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20
Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20

Amaryllis - analogue floral photography, limited edition of 20

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Amaryllis' An analogue black-and-white photograph produced as an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. This work reflects Ugnė Pouwell’s commitment to tonal preci...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

“Spiral movement”
“Spiral movement”

“Spiral movement”

Located in Zofingen, AG

Red fish move towards each other, forming a closed circle — a spiral — a space of eternal movement, interaction, equilibrium and balance. This is an image of cyclicality, reciprocity...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Babar au Chapeau Offset Print, Framed, Contemporary, 1990s
Babar au Chapeau Offset Print, Framed, Contemporary, 1990s

Babar au Chapeau Offset Print, Framed, Contemporary, 1990s

By Laurent De Brunhoff

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This framed piece celebrates the beloved character Babar, the charming elephant who has captivated children and adults alike for generations. Created by Jean de Brunhoff in the 1930s...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Mixed Feeling 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

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

Mother India II, Delhi - India Color Street Photograph of Books
Mother India II, Delhi - India Color Street Photograph of Books

Mother India II, Delhi - India Color Street Photograph of Books

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Mother India, photograph from Richard Heeps series 'The Ambassador's Window', a pilgrimage from Kerala in the South to Meerut in the North, the birthplace of his Grandfather. As boo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print
Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print

Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25039 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

Place to Linger Panorama – Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Print
Place to Linger Panorama – Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Print

Place to Linger Panorama – Minimalist Winter Landscape, Limited Edition Print

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25036 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

Row of Trees in Yellow Field Panorama - Large-Scale Minimalist Colour Photograph
Row of Trees in Yellow Field Panorama - Large-Scale Minimalist Colour Photograph

Row of Trees in Yellow Field Panorama - Large-Scale Minimalist Colour Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26001 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

Row of Colourful Pedal Boats, Lake Balaton, Limited Edition Colour Photograph
Row of Colourful Pedal Boats, Lake Balaton, Limited Edition Colour Photograph

Row of Colourful Pedal Boats, Lake Balaton, Limited Edition Colour Photograph

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 25034 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

The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography
The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography

The Enigma Machine, Bletchley Park - British history color photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Richard Heeps photographed Bletchley Park in partnership with Hertfordshire University and Bletchley Park Trust, to document Alan Turing’s historic past at Bletchley. He was privileg...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Yellow Pumpkin
Yellow Pumpkin

Yellow Pumpkin

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in Bristol, GB

Resin with original box Edition 17 of 30 8 × 9.2 × 9.7 cm (3 x 3.6 x 3.8 in) Signed and numbered on the bottom of sculpture. Signed, titled and numbered on the box Condition upon req...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Blush
Blush

Blush

By Elizabeth Geisler

Located in Burlingame, CA

Elizabeth Geisler is best known for contemporary paintings of water that bridge realism and abstraction. At close range, her surfaces appear loose and ambiguous, but from a distance ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rest, Original Painting
Rest, Original Painting

Rest, Original Painting

By Jaime Ellsworth

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two horses share a gentle moment in this playful yet serene painting by artist Jaime Ellsworth. The orange equine leans its head along the back of its cream-col...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pink Ascension Beyond The Moon & Stars
Pink Ascension Beyond The Moon & Stars

Pink Ascension Beyond The Moon & Stars

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, artist's antique frame, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture
"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

"The Meanderer" House Turret Tower in Wood, Acrylic and Paper Sculpture

By Seth Clark

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece, titled "The Meanderer" is an original free-standing sculpture by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". Clark's deteriorating structures h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

South Head, February, Original painting, Contemporary artist
South Head, February, Original painting, Contemporary artist

South Head, February, Original painting, Contemporary artist

Located in Deddington, GB

An expressive palette knife oil painting of South Head hill, painted en plein air in the Peak District . The thick, textured application of paint brings the landscape to life. The pa...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Seascape XVIII Diptych - large scale abstract monochromatic ocean water surface
Seascape XVIII Diptych - large scale abstract monochromatic ocean water surface

Seascape XVIII Diptych - large scale abstract monochromatic ocean water surface

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large format abstract photograph diptych of mesmerizing water surface and ephemeral abstract ripple patterns from a series of photographic works capturing the monochromatic oceanic b...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival 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.