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.
$6,000
"Voyage I, " Rosamond Berg, Female Contemporary Minimalist Sculpture Artist
Located in New York, NY
Rosamond Berg (American, 1931 - 2018) Voyage I, 1982 Mixed media construction including hand-dyed cotton cloth pouches 24 x 24 inches Signed, titled an...
Cotton, Thread, Glass, Wood
Matriarchal peace of mind, Bronze
By Ron Zohar
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Matriarchal Peace of mind was conceived to reflect the certainty of its existence. It offers a more feminine gaze of our existence, aspired from an ancient wisdom. Edition of 9
Bronze
$825
Palm Springs Totem 2 - Modern Unique Earth Tone Abstract Playful Resin Sculpture
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...
Resin, Mixed Media
"CALM Signed Lithograph, Contemporary Blue Water Landscape, 1989"
By Frank Licsko
Located in Union City, NJ
CALM is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print)by the artist Frank Licsko printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arche...
Lithograph
Wild Water Canyon, Mountain Stream, Waterfall Black and White Waterscape Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 18147 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Mladenci (Wedding Procession) - Screenprint by Josip Generalic - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Color screen print realized in 1980s. Edition of 90. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. It depicts a stylized bride and groom walking along a country path, framed by dense, richl...
Screen
"Shadows of Others", Contemporary Vase, Green, Stoneware, Ceramic, Sculpture
Located in Franklin, MA
Heather Binder's "Shadows of Others" is a contemporary wood-fired stoneware ceramic sculptural vase that expresses the artist's interpretation of fire - the elemental force that brin...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Textile Wall Sculpture, Hand-Sewn Fabric Elements, Modern Design, 2024
Located in Zofingen, AG
A decorative wall sculpture. Made from hundreds of fabric elements with soft filling. Each element is hand-sewn, requiring dozens of hours of work. All fabric parts are assembled on ...
Textile, Wood
$3,840Sale Price|25% Off
Ototélie by Sophie Susplugas
Located in Pasadena, CA
Bronze founder CHAPON 3/8. Lost wax. Sophie Susplugas lives and works in Paris. From her earliest years she carved busts, hands, dancers and dancers. It all starts with the ground...
Bronze
The Bunnies Are Out - Quirky Surrealist Colorful Still Life Painting on Canvas
By Amy Tai
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing fragments of dreams, memories, and emotions in her surrealist paintings, Taiwanese-American artist Amy Tai blends cultures within her soft and sensual imagery. Tai's artist...
Canvas, Acrylic
$273
A Colored Balloon Rises Freely - Screen Print by Ennio Pouchard - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Offset and screen print realized by Pouchard in the 1970s. Hand signed in the lower left in pencil Good condition.
Screen
VW Bus T2 & Palm Trees, Santa Barbara – Black-and-White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11775 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and numbered by Gerald Berghammer, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Prints include a 4 cm white border. VW BUS...
Digital Pigment
$4,315
Large Landscape Photographs Trees Nature Wildlife Orange Blue Forest India
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled Infrared photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 44" x 65" unframed (112cm x 165cm) 2019 Edition 1/15 *Should you wish the photograph to be...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Paris rooftops 4th I by Guillaume Chansarel - Cityscape Painting, Parisian View
By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)
Located in Paris, FR
Paris rooftops 4th I is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with Ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$1,094Sale Price|20% Off
Notre-Dame Night Study 1, Paris, France, Black-and-White Classic Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11843 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
"Pippin" - Hyperrealist Animal Portrait, Oil Painting on Gallery Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Butch (Floriferous Squirrel)" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on gallery canvas. This piece measures 10 x 8 inches and is framed at 11.8 x 9....
Canvas, Oil
$1,245
Unfolding Dreams - Modern Relaxing Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall Sculpture
By Mireia Serra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures that capture the beauty of snapshots from life, full of emotions and feelings along the journey of life. Her metal artworks c...
Metal, Bronze, Iron
1986 Alfred Pellan 'Alfred Pellan Lithographs Vintage reference book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Pellan: Sa vie, son art, son temps" is a comprehensive monograph on the life and work of Canadian artist Alfred Pellan, published in 1986 by Éditions Marcel Broquet. Authored by Ger...
Offset
The Archaeologists - Drawing by Giorgio De Chirico - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing on paper realized by Giorgio De Chirico for the homonymous lithograph. Not signed. Ref. Studio d'Arte Campaiola "Giorgio De Chirico, l'ombra del pensiero i disegni de...
Pencil
$775Sale Price|20% Off
Concert - XXI century Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors, Music
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Canvas, Oil
NASA Gemini 4, Spacewalk Photograph, Ed White, C-Print, 8x10, Vintage, 1960s
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
In orbit above the Pacific Ocean in June 1965, NASA Gemini 4 Astronaut Ed White is the first to spacewalk (tethered by a 25 foot cord) outside the craft. This is an 8" x 10" vintag...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$4,046
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil
$3,250
Looking Beyond 7 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
No matter what life throws at you to discourage or change your good personality, or change the reflections people see on your face or identity, one should try to look beyond and ahea...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Crown of Her Own Voice -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fabrics
By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
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 Artist Bakare Babatund...
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$45,500
“Kasos 5” Large scale contemporary seascape oil painting with figure, impasto
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Kasos 5" is a large scale oil and casein on linen painting by Hamptons-artist, Darius Yektai. A pulled back to a wide, almost surrealist view of the Greek island. A lone figure stan...
Linen, Oil, Casein
$300
Dwight Baird 1989 'At the Twilights Last Gleaming' from the Baseball Collection
By Dwight Baird
Located in Brooklyn, NY
At the Twilight's Last Gleaming by Dwight Baird is a striking and patriotic tribute to Major League Baseball (MLB). The poster features a vivid and colorful arrangement of players fr...
Offset
"Moko Jumbie (Antigua Dream)", Framed Indoor Scene Figurative Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Moko Jumbie (Antigua Dream)" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Eustace Mamba. This oils on canvas, mounted to gold floating frame painting measures 28"h x 22"w framed and ships wi...
Gold Leaf
$12,000
Linda Stein, Knight of Healing 614 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Knight of Healing 614 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein's...
Stone, Metal
$6,800
Cloud Forest III - large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extra large scale photograph of lush tropical rainforest botanical tableau, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the fantastical jungle pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$72Sale Price|20% Off
Roland Garros 2010 French Open Offset Print, Unframed Contemporary Art
By Nalini Malani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 2010 Roland Garros poster by Nalini Malani, an esteemed Indian contemporary artist known for her multimedia installations and critical engagement with social and political themes...
Offset
KAWS GONE Black Companion (black KAWS gone)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS GONE (Black), new & unopened in its original packaging. A well-received work and variation of KAWS' large scale GONE sculpture - a key highlight of KAWS’ recent exhibition, 'KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness...
Resin, Vinyl
Los Angeles Study 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kristin Moore says of her work… My work explores architectural landscapes through an atmospheric and cinematic lens. Through painting, I create interpretive renderings of recognizab...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$60Sale Price|20% Off
Portofino Villa Offset Print, Contemporary, Unframed, 2000, 18x24
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Howard Behrens, renowned for his mastery of palette knife painting, captures the charm and vibrancy of the Italian Riviera in Portofino Villa. This captivating image depicts a sun-dr...
Offset
Hunt Slonem "Sulphurs II" painting of butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Sulphurs II Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 13" x 11.25" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editi...
Oil
$4,000
'Mixed Flowers in a Green Vase', watercolor on paper, professionally framed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Internationally acclaimed watercolorist Gary Bukovnik has devoted his career to celebrating the beauty, abundance, and vitality of the natural world. Renowned for his exuberant flora...
Paper, Watercolor
Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionist, Men, Earth Tone
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. (Issues b...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
A Diver Poster
Located in London, GB
1982 Offset lithograph 49 x 95 cm Framed Very good condition Accompanied by a gallery Certificate of Authenticity A large-scale original vintage poster, featuring Hockney’s original...
Lithograph
Catching the Sun
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Catching the Sun" is a vibrant visual manifesto from the "Canvases of the Inner Master" series. This artwork explores the theme of actively creating one's reality by ma...
Canvas, Acrylic
Dolly Parton
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Dolly Parton photographed in Nashville. 2014. Limited Edition of 25 Signed by photographer Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
Archival Pigment
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled Etching by Fred Karl Dahmen, Signed, 1971, 41.75x25\"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This untitled work by Fred Karl Dahmen, printed on a large sheet of heavy textured paper typical of etching, showcases his mastery in creating depth and contrast through abstract for...
Etching
Among Friends
By Jacob Burda
Located in Zofingen, AG
Among Friends Series: City Stories Among Friends captures a quiet gathering in a sunlit courtyard, where conversation unfolds at an unhurried pace beneath the shade of trees and sur...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Organic Landscapes: Redwoods NP" - composite photo, landscape, blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
This textured composite landscape features green and blue. This listing is for a signed and editioned unframed print with a total limited edition of 10. Additional sizes are availabl...
Archival Pigment
$18,000
Bronze Leaves with Black and Red - Abstract Oil on Canvas, Fauvist Style
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Expressive layered passages of bronze, periwinkle, red and turquoise with highlights of yellow are framed by dark green foliage in this rich oil on canvas. Poised between abstraction...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500Sale Price|25% Off
N3, 80x90cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
N3, 2022, 90x80 cm
Canvas, Oil
Eames Chillin' X-Ray Photography, C Print, Contemporary, Edition of 25
By Nick Veasey
Located in PARIS, FR
A man with x-ray vision, Nick Veasey creates art that shows what it is really like inside. Edition of 25 pieces, 2023. Accompanied with the catalog of the artist and the certificat...
C Print
Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Cerulean 1 XL - contemporary glass sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The contemporary cerulean-blue glass tabletop sculpture is by Cheryl Wilson Smith. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glass work—its form, color and texture is ...
Metal
"Snake > Pong", Vintage Phone Games Contemporary Crochet Still-Life Sculpture
By Nicole Nikolich, Lace in the Moon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Snake > Pong" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Nicole Nikolich (Lace in the Moon) and is made from crocheted acrylic on MDF with 21 colors and 8,037 stitche...
Textile, Yarn, Found Objects, Wood
$2,006Sale Price|20% Off
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Canvas, Oil
$550
"Timeworn II", Contemporary, Urbex, Abandoned, Dark, Black and White Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Timeworn II” is a 12 x 8 inch black and white photograph of a long, tattered garment hanging from overhead pipes before a bright window in a rough cinder block roo...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Ron Arad Screw Stools Set of Three Driade Italy Sculpture Industrial Stainless
By Ron Arad
Located in New York, NY
Ron Arad Screw Stools Set of Three Driade Italy Sculpture Industrial Stainless Ron Arad Screw stools, set of three Driade United Kingdom / Italy, 2006 Stainless steel and aluminum 2...
Steel
"The Meeting 20" Contemporary Mixed Media Artwork on Wood, Framed
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "The Meeting 20" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". made of ink transfer, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, an...
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
$426Sale Price|20% Off
Textured Print of Couple Walking in Park with Sun Shining through Trees, England
Located in Preston, GB
Textured Print of Couple Walking in Park with Sun Shining through Trees, England, by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne. Art measure...
Board, Digital, Giclée
Hunt Slonem "Mandy" painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mandy Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 17.75" x 15.75" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
Tulle no. 11, Stinson Beach, California
Located in Sante Fe, NM
“The hovering installations featured in this ongoing series of photographs are inspired by self-organizing, "emergent" systems in nature such as termite mounds, swarming locusts, sch...
Archival Pigment
Donald Sultan "Blacks, Dec. 2, 2020" Floral
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Blacks, Dec 2, 2020 Date: 2021 Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 4 ply museum board Unframed Dimensions: 25" x 25" Fra...
Color, Screen
$8,500
Cloud 1/7 - soft, smooth, calming, human face, white lacquered bronze sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dale Dunning’s contemporary sculptures often use the generic image of the human head as a metaphor for our collective experience. With this table top piece in bronze, the Canadian ar...
Bronze
$2,650
Still Night - 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. About Artist May...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$790Sale Price|34% Off
Ducati Girl
By Nick Vedros
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nick Vedros Ducati Girl Archival Pigment Print on Epson Legacy Platine 100% Cotton Fibre, 314 gsm, Acid and Lignin free Year: 2012 Size: 16x10in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and number...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Cabeza de Niña
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture with brown patina. Signed "Botero" Edition 6/6 Provenance: Artist Marlboro Gallery Private Collection New York
Bronze