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.
$3,097
Stars 14 June 02:11 - Modern Night Sky Landscape Painting, Minimalist Art
Located in Hallein, AT
The painting is signed on the back Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Garden - Contemporary Jade Green Aqua Blue Poured Painting, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
Garden by Susan English, a contemporary poured painting, is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. Vertical stripes and blocks of color in hues of soft jade, pale mint gr...
Acrylic Polymer, Panel
$22,872
Endless column of glass / 240601 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Endless column of glass / 240601 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions (not including the stainless steel base) are 180 × 10 × 10 cm (70.9 × ...
Stainless Steel
$236,260
Three Standing Figures by Pierre Yermia - 10.5-Ft High Outdoor Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
3 Monumental Standing Figures is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 320 × 150 × 130 cm (126 × 59.1 × 51.2 in). The sculpture is signed a...
Bronze
$1,491Sale Price|20% Off
Lerici 256 - Polaroid Coastal Landscape Photograph, Limited Edition 3 of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Lerici '25 is an original black and white Polaroid photograph captured on SX-70 film along the Ligurian coastline of Italy. The image is part of a limited edition of 10, hand-signed ...
Polaroid
Yoshitomo Nara - Harmless Kitty
Located in London, GB
Yoshitomo Nara Harmless Kitty Offset lithograph on paper Sheet size: 51.5 x 36.4 cm Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year published by N's Yard, Japan
Offset
Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) starring Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Once We Were Warriors (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - 2007 - featuring Radha Mitchell 48x46cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. digital C-Print, ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
$150,103
Great Stag by Pierre Yermia - 9.8-ft High Animal Bronze Sculpture, Outdoor Art
Located in Paris, FR
Grand Cerf (Great Stag) is a monumental bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. The strength of the stag's body and its slender legs bestow it with a contradict...
Bronze
Na und? Dog. Dachshund. Animals. Dogs. Small. Black.
Located in Oslo, NO
This small but elegant work is a black-and-white portrait of a dog. It is painted using the signature technique of oil on photographic paper (reverse side). Thick, plasticized photog...
Paper, Oil
"Cigar Factory" Miniature Storefront Sign with Western Lettering and Object
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Cigar Factory" is original artwork made from paper, inkjet print, enamel, wire, chain, aluminum tube, pastel by Drew Leshko. This piece measures 15”h x 1”w x 8”d. ...
Metal, Enamel, Wire
Dotted Clover - Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Dotted Clover" is a bold and meditative piece of contemporary folk art that highlights her ability to blend simplicity with symbolic resonance. This original acryl...
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Winter Landscape - Paint By Jan Matejic - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Painting on glass realized in the 1980s. Hans signed and framed. Very good condition.
Oil, Glass
$2,598
Hugh Cloud over Cypress Trees, Tuscany, Italy - landscape color limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25046 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Breach by Tom Price - Large-scale sculpture, mixed technique, vertical
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Breach is a unique resin sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 202 × 45 × 45 cm (79.5 × 17.7 × 17.7 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certificate of...
Concrete
$2,268Sale Price|20% Off
Lotus Flowers on Still Water, Vietnam – Minimalist Black and White Photograph
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...
Digital Pigment
Triple Windows - Figurative Interior with figures, three windows, hanging
By Hiroshi Sato
Located in Denver, CO
"Triple Windows," is a mixed media painting depicting the interior of a dimly lit room with three large, arched windows. The windows occupy the upper half of the composition and reveal abstracted cityscape forms in muted blues and grays. Below the windows, a curved blue banquette...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
Black and White Photography, Wall Street, New York City, Limited Edition, 19x13
Located in New york, NY
Leonard Freed's photographic career is punctuated by epic documentary photo essays with many works from New York City. Wall Street is one of the photographer's iconic 1950s images. ...
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
$2,620
Dancer “Takeoff” II by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, man, torso
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Dancer “Takeoff” II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 × 15 × 8 cm (9.8 × 5.9 × 3.1 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 40 cm ...
Bronze
$960Sale Price|20% Off
James Marshall Exhibition: Still Life with Wedding Portrait, 2025
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This finely printed exhibition poster from “James Marshall: The Histories” highlights Still Life with Wedding Portrait, a deeply resonant work in which Marshall intertwines personal ...
Offset
$1,450
Self Pride 2 - 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...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,835Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy – Large-Scale Minimalist Color Photograph
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...
Digital Pigment
Monica Banks "Big Lilly (Framed)" 2026
By Monica Banks
Located in New York, NY
Monica Banks Big Lilly (Framed), 2026 glazed English porcelain 7 x 9 in. (ban124) Wall sculpture
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
$7,600
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...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$2,835Sale Price|20% Off
Lonely Tree and Rolling Hills – Minimalist Photograph, Tuscany – Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25049 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Donald Sultan "Yellow Poppies" Floral
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sultan, Donald Title: Yellow Poppies Series: Poppies Date: 2018 Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board Unframed Dimensions: 39" x ...
Color, Screen
Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern
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
The Violet House, Burano Venice, Colour Cityscape Photography, Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 26006 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$2,287Sale Price|20% Off
Drangarnir Panorama – Limited Edition Colour Seascape Photograph, Faroe Islands
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21030 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$8,200
Old Hemlock Stand and New Growth - Brown Green Virginia Forest Landscape Trees
Located in Kent, CT
The densely treed forest and mountain ledges of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject of this rich, highly detailed landscape painting in oil on panel. An enormous boulder presiding...
Oil, Panel
$17,010
F.171201 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract, light
Located in Paris, FR
F.171201 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 17 × 42 × 35 cm (6.7 × 16.5 × 13.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Glass
Vetyver Pool, Poovar, Kerala - Tropical Palm Print Indian Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Vetyver Pool, photograph from Richard Heeps India series, The Ambassador's Window. On a journey through India, a pilgrimage from Kerala in the South, to his Grandfather's birthplace ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$349Sale Price|24% Off
Colorful Geometric Houses with Jetty, Playful Architectural Acrylic Painting
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Colorful geometric houses beside a jetty emerge from a delicately sketched landscape in this playful architectural acrylic painting by Spanish artist María Magán Lampón. Created in ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,181
Lush Summer I – Vibrant Contemporary Mountain Landscape in Pink, Blue and Lime
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
Vibrant mountain artwork in pink, blue, and green tones, contemporary nature-inspired painting. This painting was inspired by the richness of summer landscapes when colors appear mor...
Acrylic
Countryside - Lithograph by Lucio Rofrano - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Lucio Rofrano in 1990s. Edition of 150, numbered and hand signed. Excellent condition.
Lithograph
Reminiscing Acrylic on Canvas, Contemporary Landscape, 21st Century
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 ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,594
Bear Cub by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture of a bear, animal sculpture, fun, baby
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Bear Cub is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 9.5 × 11 × 6.5 cm (3.7 × 4.3 × 2.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limite...
Bronze
$2,000
"The Artist Is Present" Pink Wall-Hanging Plaster Sculpture with 'BEHOLD' text
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Artist Is Present" is an original piece byJedediah Morfit made from fiberglass reinforced plaster, paint.This piece measures 29.5"h x 16.5"w x 2.5"d and comes with a gallery-is...
Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint
$1,400
Cotton Candy Cumulus Teal Red Blue - Abstract 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...
Metal, Wire
$1,701Sale Price|20% Off
Place to Linger Winter – Minimalist Black and White Landscape Photography Print
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...
Digital Pigment
Take Heart, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Alana Clumeck’s distinctive style comes through in this contemporary equestrian painting, marked by her signature patterns. A group of brown horses for...
Oil
$236
Fish and Chips Van Square, Haddenham - English Vintage Countryside Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic British fish & chips van, on a classic English day at Haddenham Steam Rally Country Fair, photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss p...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,859
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, Spain – Limited Edition Long-Exposure Colour Seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25004 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,548
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 di...
C Print
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Image After Image Exhibition Poster, Offset Lithograph, 2013 Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exhibition poster for "Image after Image" at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, held from February 4 to May 29, 2005, was originally printed by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter K...
Offset
Being Present
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 95×120 cm (overall size with stretching 105×130 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled A white dog resting on a soft pink armchair becomes an image of q...
Acrylic, Canvas
$2,598
Grand Canal and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice – Limited Edition Photograph
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...
Digital Pigment
“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...
Canvas, Acrylic
"In My Life/Self Portrait" Hand Written Lyric Diptych
By John Lennon
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare Limited Edition Serigraph of John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for John's most personal song "In My Life," first released on "Rubber Soul" by the Beatles in 1965, coupled with ...
Other Medium
Taking It Easy
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 90×90 cm (overall size with stretching 100×100 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled Series: Chill Out «Taking It Easy» This painting is about the simple...
Canvas, Acrylic
Stahlwerk 006 by Bernhard Lang - Abstract photography, Germany, steelworks
Located in Paris, FR
Stahlwerk 006 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 × ...
C Print
Meditation
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,...
Canvas, Oil
Reflections
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 100×100 cm (overall size with stretching 110×110 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled This artwork is part of the “Self-Discovery” series, exploring in...
Canvas, Acrylic
2004 Olin Stephens 'Dorade: Sail Plan, 1936' Limited Edition Hand Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant print featuring a detailed sail plan for the 1936 Sparkman & Stephens design Dorade, a landmark yacht in American racing history. The composition highlights the vessel’s refi...
Screen
$385Sale Price|44% Off
Blue Apollo originalblueultramarine NeoMythology inspired Andy Warhol in Florida
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blue Apollo" Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size is 27x19.5in / 70x50cm...
Paper, Tempera
Sujoon Sky - Blue Abstract Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
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...
Metal, Wire
Telephone VII, Palm Springs, California - Vintage Interior Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Telephone VII, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. Captured in the cool Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs this artwork combines gorgeous col...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
'Veil' Acrylic Painting on Panel, Contemporary Landscape, 21st Century
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Acrylic, Panel
$2,835
View of Venice, cityscape panorama, Santa Maria del Rosario - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21023 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Looking Beyond 8 - 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
Desert Sunflower - Modern Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Desert Sunflower" is a luminous original painting that bridges abstract symbolism and folk art tradition through radiant color and bold composition. This unique ac...
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache