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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
Tomales Bay
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tomales Bay - The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Werner Bronkhorst - Stay in Your Lane - Swimming
Located in London, GB
Stay In Your Lane, 2025 Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks Hand-stretched over FSC-certified, fin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

White Cliffs Panorama, Large Color Photograph, Seascape, Limited Edition Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art seascape - landscape long exposure photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Red House, Fogo - Minimalist Moody Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gough’s interest in the elusive quality of memory has always been an invariable interest in his art practice. Rooted in memories of his upbringing in Newfoundland, Gough’s paintings ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Unity II by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, Corten steel, totem
Located in Paris, FR
Unity II is a Corten steel sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant. Dimensions: 165 × 65 × 45 cm (65 × 25.6 × 17.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Davinci's Horse Rears by Helle Crawford, Bronze sculpture of a horse
Located in DE
Bronze sculpture of a horse that rears on granite base
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Dawn
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 75 of 100 61 × 53.6 cm, 24 x 21.1 in Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front Artwork in excellent condition considering its age. Minute creasing visible o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Pink Floral Dress and Gloves & Handbag- Feminine fashion, color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Pink Floral Dress' and 'Gloves & Handbag' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe. This artwork featured ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

No One is Happier than Me
Located in London, GB
11 Colour Screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper
 hand-signed and numbered 76 x 56 cm Edition 77 of 125
 published by Jealous Gallery and comes with publisher COA David Shri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Tea Cups - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting of Tableware
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber (Dutch artist) Tea Cups 30 x 30 cm (framed, included in price 33 x 33 cm) Acryl on canvas In the paintings of The Hague-based artist Heidi von Faber, light plays a k...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

ZT 250304 - contemporary modern red & white abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 250304 is a unique one-of-a-kind small contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Hewrman Coppus. The relief is made from meticulously hand cut, folded and glued cardboar...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cardboard

Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in French interior", in a classical room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Nude placed in a a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern rel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bald is Beautiful -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

Inner Energy by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, male figure, nude torso, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Inner Energy is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 30 × 25 × 20 cm (11.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Women at Leisure II - Figurative Watercolor Interior Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be discovered, narrating stories or invoking a touch of humor for perceptive observers. This enchanting watercolor artwork on paper, featuring two women in a library, measures 22.75 inches high by 26 inches wide. The delicate brushstrokes and ethereal hues evoke a sense of whimsy. This artwork is not framed. The artist signed it on the front and back and it comes with a certificate of authenticity from the art gallery. Convenient delivery is available for those in the local Los Angeles area, and affordable worldwide shipping is available for US and international art collectors. Through her artwork, Liyanage proudly amplifies the voices of women of color, reclaiming spaces historically devoid of their representation. Drawing from her experiences as a Sri Lankan navigating colonial spaces in Canada, her art challenges one-dimensional portrayals of women of color often centered around labor. Inspired by French and Dutch Impressionist art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Amancio Iron. Bronze. ICARO III. Sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. Series limited to 7 copies+ II PA Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture Artist well known for his large forma...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Spring by Christophe Dupety - Contemporary painting, Flora, bright colors
Located in Paris, FR
Spring (2023) by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety. Oil on canvas, H 80 cm W 120 cm. This series focuses on floral motifs: Poppies, Catalpa flowers or Spindles. Christoph...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Unity VIII by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, white
Located in Paris, FR
Unity VIII is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 73 × 17 × 13 cm (28.7 × 6.7 × 5.1 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a cert...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plaster

Holi by Romain Langlois - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark, man, spiritual
Located in Paris, FR
Holi is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 62 × 24 × 23 cm (24.4 × 9.4 × 9.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limite...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Summer Flowers Yayoi Kusama floral abstract signed print
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition of 100 53 x 61 cm (20.9 x 24 in) Framed 71 x 78.5 x 5 cm, 28 x 31 x 2 in Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front Excellent condition. Minor imperfections ...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Lake on the Mountain - Red Pink Flowers Butterfly Female Figure Peach, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
A female figure in red sits beside a pink and black butterfly, surrounded by brightly colored flowers in red and bright pink and a black urn next to a tree with green leaves in the c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Carbon Void Jade by Tom Price - Abstract geometric sculpture, innovation, energy
Located in Paris, FR
Carbon Void Jade is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of coal, polyurethane resin, steel, dimensions are 46 × 155 × 71 cm (18.1 × 61 × 28 in). Thi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Pine Cone 24-240 - large, rusted, contemporary, Corten steel, outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large, rusted, contemporary, Corten steel, outdoor sculpture was created by artist Floyd Elzinga. Canadian sculptor Floyd Elzinga’s pine cones have become one of his signature ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Steel

Entrapped 1 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, blue lines, movement
Located in Paris, FR
Entrapped 1 is a unique paper porcelain sculpture by contemporary artist Simcha Even-Chen, dimensions are 19 × 35 × 20 cm (7.5 × 13.8 × 7.9 in). The sculpture is signed and comes wit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Porcelain

Strand In Story (Where I Fit In) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

When time stands Still - 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

Mapplethorpe, Rose with Smoke, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbe...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Unitled 11
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Framed in an ornate wood frame with a front profile of 1 1/2 inches and a side profile of 1 inch, this piece is elegantly seated behind a 4-inch mat. This is Edition #669/900, publis...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Petals and Stripes, Contemporary Still Life Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting is a vibrant, mixed-media exploration that merges the energy of abstraction with the familiarity of still life. At its center is a vase of five large, loosely defined p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

BLUE SUN original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Blue Sun” Tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper Shipped rolled in a tube 25x3x3in. Drawing was originally in mat, that covered the right corner!! The lines are the result of the pre...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Tempera, Ink, Archival Paper

River and Steel Twins Five - Bold Geometric Drawing Red Yellow Orange Green 2012
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. The ordered symmetry of the layered diagonal...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Pigment

"Harmonia 20-7" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Harmonia 20-7" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by David Skillicorn, with a large organic orange form on a dark blue background. The artist's technique applying layered brushs...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

"Inky" Small Pac-Man Ghost Glass Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Inky" - Small Glass Pac-Man Ghost Sculpture by Dylan Martinez. Size: 4.5" h x 4.25" w. Signed on the base by the artist. Each sculpture is unique. These whimsical Pac-Man Ghost s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

V, Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Paper Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hockney's ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jungle Mermaid - underwater ocean nude photograph - archival pigment 43" x 63"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This evocative underwater fine art photograph captures a naked woman swimming through a golden kelp forest, creating a dreamlike atmosphere where human and nature intertwine. The ima...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Margit Smiles
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower image edition 7/40 Catalogue raisonné 00269 Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. Over a thir...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Aquatint

Attracted by the Sea, minimalist photograph, limited edition seascape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tomales Bay Morning
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tomales Bay Morning- The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Symphonie verticale III - geometric contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Symphonie verticale III is one of the latest medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made from 140 (!) individu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Geometric Landscape, Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape OIl on Canvas 116x89 cm 2025 Ready to Hang certificate of authenticity Description: An original artwork representing a minimalist geometric landscape. Created using oil ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Paint

Hunt Slonem, Henry, Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Henry Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniq...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

La Place de la Concorde
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a part of my private collection from the early 1970's. It is artist pencil signed in the lower right corner, and numbered in the lower left. Published : Guild de l...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Lithograph

Sunshine Everyday - Original Uplifting Yellow Abstract Text Graffiti Pop 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

Rankin - Kate 4 Ever - Kate Moss, Fashion, Supermodel, Nude
Located in London, GB
Kate 4 Ever Inkjet print 20 x 24 inches Edition of 500 photographed in 1999, printed in 2023 Comes with a signed COA from Rankin. Rankin (born John Rankin Waddell in 1966) is a ren...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Morons (Unsigned)
Located in Manchester, GB
Banksy, Morons (White) (Unsigned), 2007 Screenprint on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 29 9/10 in) Edition 324 of 500 Accompanied with Pest Control Certificate Published by Picture on Walls
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Maybe One Day
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Moonlight Magnolia III (24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a hand-printed photograph using the 170-year-old cyanotype process. This is a negative (reversal of the dark and light tones) of the original photograph of a branch of a magn...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Antique shop. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This surreal collage gives me a sense of play and admiration. The outline of the human figure adds intimacy to the composition. The value of things, their lines and shapes, seem to p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Longing -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Men, Fashion
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 Top...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Woman taking off man's shirt. 5
Located in London, GB
Julian Opie
 Woman taking off man's shirt. 5, 2003 Screenprint in colours on paper 100 x 60 cm - Sheet size framed: 107 x 71.5 cm Non-editioned multiple Drawing on the visual langua...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Invictus - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance       I ha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Empresses
Located in Norwich, GB
DAMIEN HIRST (BORN 1965) Taytu Betul, from 'The Empresses' (H10-5), 2022 signed in pencil on the publisher's label affixed verso, stamp-numbered, laminated giclée print with screenpr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Panel, Digital, Giclée

Flowers on the table, 70x50cm. paper/ pastel/ gouache
Located in Yerevan, AM
Flowers on the table 70x50 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Philippines
Located in Manchester, GB
Guy Gee, Philippines Each artwork by Gee has been digitally reimagined from an original postage stamp. Printed on 350gsm G. F. Smith card, cut out and finished by hand, the artwork ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Diver in a Lost Paradise" Photography 39 x 29.5 in Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Diver in a Lost Paradise" Photography 39 x 29.5 in Edition of 4 by Lukas Dvorak 39" x 29.5" inch Pigment print on Epson Fine ART paper 2016 Ships rolled in a tube ABOUT THE ART...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

Demna Baby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
TWELVE CHAIRS GALLERY ZURA (Georgian-American, b. 1969) DEMNA BABIES, 2024 Mixed media H. 35 x W. 12 x D. 10 in. (89 x 30 x 25 cm) Clear acrylic plexiglass included Zura’s Demna Bab...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Burlap, Plaster

No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Alejandro Casanova (Spanish artist) No title 80 x 80 cm Oil paint on canvas Alejandro (Ale) Casanova was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1981. In the capital of Turia, he studied Fine ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage
Located in Union City, NJ
JUMPIN & JIVIN' is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist James Denmark printed on archival Somerset pap...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

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.

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