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.
Daffodil Pale Yellow Pocket Painting 201, original painting, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pale Yellow Daffodil 201 (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil painting...
Canvas, Oil
Doughnut Chocolate Pocket Painting 209, original painting, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Chocolate Doughnut (with Sugar Sprinkles) 209 (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale r...
Canvas, Oil
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
Yearning 3/9 - male, nude, figurative, statuette, bronze sculpture
By W.W. Hung
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive and elegant, William Hung creates dynamic sculptures that explore the human condition. With this intimate piece, cast in a rich bronze, an athlete balances on one ...
Bronze
$900Sale Price|50% Off
After Fernando Botero "Cat" Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – CAT Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, cr...
Marble, Bronze
$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
The Real Eva
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is a direct visual appeal to the core theme of my art: the critical importance of inner harmony. In a world full of external noise and instability, I urge the viewer to foc...
Canvas, Acrylic
Lemniscate - 21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Erik van de Beek (Dutch artist) Lemniscate 15,2 x 27,9 cm ( framed included 19,2 x 31,9 cm) Oil paint on wood panel Artist Erik van de Beek lives and works in Nijmegen. The modest N...
Oil, Wood Panel
Strawberry
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Archival Paper, C Print
Smoke Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura, Contemporary, 30x30in
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
C Print, Archival Paper
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...
Gold Leaf
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Where the Light Stays 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In my world, colors aren't always reliable. I often struggle to tell where a deep blue ends and a purple begins, or where a red turns into wine, and deep yellows turn into oranges. I...
Canvas, Oil
$4,061
The hero must be alon. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze
Located in Riga, LV
This sculpture captures the moment when courage sheds all witnesses. A solitary figure steps forward, fragmented yet resolute, as if carved not only from metal but from doubt, loss, ...
Metal, Bronze
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...
Oil, Board
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Culture Identity 9 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Modern Women Painting
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 The...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,113Sale Price|20% Off
ONE WAY, Miami Beach, Florida, USA - Monochrome Photograph - Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 11823 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$48Sale Price|20% Off
Chrysler Building Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 2000, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction showcases an early rendering of the Chrysler Building in New York City, created by draftsman Andy Hickes. The image represents the building before its construction,...
Offset
$1,759
American Cowboy Head, Salton Sea, California - Roadside America Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
A classic American icon, the roadside giant Cowboy "Muffler Man", captured on Richard Heeps' road trip between Mecca and the Salton Sea. Part of a series of pictures by Richard Heeps...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,856Sale Price|20% Off
Mystical Forest Clearing, Madeira, Limited Black-and-White Landscape Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21360 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,856Sale Price|20% Off
The Turquoise House, Colour Cityscape, Venetian Lagoon, Venice – Limited Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25048 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Emotionally Unavailable but Moisturized
Located in Zofingen, AG
Emotionally Unavailable but Moisturized is a quiet little rebellion against the pressure to always be available, productive, emotionally articulate, healed, glowing, thriving… prefer...
Acrylic, Canvas
Chronos by Romain Langlois - Rock-like bronze sculpture, golden
Located in Paris, FR
Chronos is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 64 × 66 × 50 cm (25.2 × 26 × 19.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a lim...
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 ...
Archival Ink, Color
Steps - underwater photograph - archival pigment print 43" x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This ethereal underwater fine art photograph captures a figure suspended above submerged pool steps, rendered in soft aquamarine and pearl tones. The crystalline water creates a drea...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mother India II, Delhi - India Color Street Photograph of Books
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...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Duck -21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still life Painting of a Bird
By Bart Koning
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist) Duck 37,9 x 49,9 cm (Framed included in price 38,3 x 50,3) Oil paint on wood panel We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning. Incredibly ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Werner Bronkhorst - Diamond Sea
Located in London, GB
Diamond Sea, 2025 Gicleé print on Hahnemuhle Daguerre Canvas framed in Tasmanian Oak edition of 69 100 x 100 x 5 cm (Framed) Hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Werner Bronkhor...
Canvas, Giclée
$2,042Sale Price|20% Off
Tree with Hoar Frost Panorama – Winter Wonderland Limited Landscape Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: xxxx Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the ...
Digital Pigment
Laurel Forest — Minimalist Landscape Photograph: Foggy Meadow & Tree
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21275 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$378Sale Price|35% Off
Park XVI (Berlin artist, Postwar, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Barbara Keidel Park XVI Mixed media, pastel on handmade, toned laid paper 1997 Size: 29.5 × 21.25 inches (75 × 54 cm) Signed and dated in pencil Additionally hand-signed, dated, tit...
Pastel, Mixed Media, Laid Paper
H9-1 Justice - Damien Hirst Cherry Blossoms
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Justice, Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 120.1 × 96 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 in) Limited edition of 1005 Hand-signed and numbered by the artist The Vi...
Acrylic, Archival Pigment
Keith Haring Original Mixed Media Card, Contemporary, 1980s, Framed
By Keith Haring
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Keith Haring. 1958-1990. The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, and flying saucers. The idea ...
Mixed Media
$790Sale Price|56% Off
After Botero Seated Nude Woman Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary 20th Century
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – SEATED NUDE WOMAN Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage t...
Marble, Bronze
LMIRL (Let's Meet In Real Life) - Pop Art Glass Pill Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
"LMIRL" (Let's Meet In Real Life) - Limited edition green glass pill sculpture by Edie Nadelhaft. Edition of 9. Signed and numbered on the back by the artist. The piece is equippe...
Glass, Mixed Media
$127,644
La Grande Envolée Bronze Sculpture of Bird, Limited Edition, H 250 cm / 8'2"
Located in New York, NY
La Grande Envolée is a monumental sculpture by Isabelle Thiltgès, expressing the artist’s lifelong interest in movement, ascent, and the transformati...
Bronze
2:22 AM by Tyler Shields
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Archival Paper, C Print
$1,485Sale Price|20% Off
Ancient Laurisilva Forest, Madeira — Museum-Quality Limited Edition B&W Print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21035 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg 1994 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Five Lemons A Pear and Egg : Fruits and Flowers Suite 1994 Print - Screen Print Paper size 22.75'' x 21.75'' inches Image size 12" x 12" inches Edition: signed in pencil, titled, d...
Screen
$1,508
Circle Irrigation 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Kansas
Located in Paris, FR
Circle Irrigation 10 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *90 cm...
C Print
Lost in Time
By George Condo
Located in Manchester, GB
By George Condo 2024 22 colour silkscreen with spot colours on 600gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper 80 x 81 cm Edition of 150
Paper, Screen
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$520Sale Price|20% Off
CENTAUR with ARCH - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - New Mythology NY
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Centaur with Arch 100x70cm / 30x27in ink, graphite, tempera on paper large size, shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio. 1st Dibs offers free shipping up to $20...
Ink, Tempera, Pencil
I Won't Eat You, original print, Kate Boxer
By Kate Boxer
Located in Deddington, GB
I Won't Eat You by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching. This contemporary art print with gouache depicts a lion and is a humorous work of art by Kate Boxer. Kate Boxer m...
Drypoint
$145Sale Price|50% Off
Girafe - Lithograph by Alberto Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized by Alberto Mastroianni in 1970s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 150. Good condition.
Paper, Lithograph
$28Sale Price|53% Off
Sunset of São Miguel, Contemporary Offset Print, 2000-2009, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores archipelago, offers stunning sunsets over its diverse landscapes. Known for its volcanic origin and lush greenery, São Miguel boasts pano...
Offset
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Soft Souls - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionism, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"There is a language spoken only in the space between us— a calm that holds our truths without demanding words. In that quiet, we find understanding, we find safety, we find each oth...
Canvas, Acrylic
Double Bubble Fish Water Bag - Limited Edition Hyperreal Glass Sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW! Limited Edition Hyperreal Double Bubble Fish glass water bag sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hand-molded, hot-sculpted...
Glass
Cherry Delight
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Cherry Delight” is a work about an experience that does not seek to закрепить itself in the future. About intimacy accepted as an event rather than a promise. Like the taste of cher...
Canvas, Oil
$1,450
Tulip Fields 10 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 10 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
$35,000
Halcyon Gold - contemporary, abstract, gold-plated, steel, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract sculpture was created from stainless steel and painted gold. This impressive monumental sculpture by Viktor Mitic was forged from stainless steel and pain...
Gold, Stainless Steel
$4,400
White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format iconic still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate details of the iconic bespoke handstitched concert acces...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Coconut Boat Panorama, Minimalist Beach Landscape Photograph, Vietnam
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 25005 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
Living Life
By Jacob Burda
Located in Zofingen, AG
A celebration of everyday moments — quiet, warm, and deeply human. This painting captures the gentle rhythm of existence, where light meets stillness and ordinary scenes become timel...
Canvas, Acrylic
Glass Blower: Girl
Located in London, GB
Print on paper with hand-blown glass bubble Framed with glass 33 x 44.5 cm hand-signed by the artist unknown edition size Andrew Scott is a contemporary American artist (b. 1991) c...
Glass, Archival Pigment
$200Sale Price|20% Off
'I Love New York' 1981-View From my Terrace, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
David Lingwood’s "I Love New York" offers a serene, nostalgic glimpse into the iconic New York City skyline as seen from the artist’s own terrace apartment in the 1970s. Rendered wit...
Offset
$1,800
White Glove ( Michael Jackson ) - large format photograph of iconic rhinestones
Located in San Francisco, CA
White Glove (Michael Jackson) by Tom Schierlitz, a highly detailed still life photograph of the King of Pop 's glamorous Swarovski crystal rhinestone glove, capturing intricate detai...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Giddy Up
By Dylan Gordon
Located in New York, NY
Dylan Gordon is a photographer from the Central Coast of California. A childhood spent raising horses, surfing and skating inspired him to tell stories of the people and places he ...
Photographic Paper
HEAT - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Hallein, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 90x120 cm, framed 95x125 cm Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicol...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
Animals and Figure on paper, Bold lines, Bull Fighter Collage by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "The Bull Fighter Collage III", 2015 Pencil & Ink on Collected Paper 18.5 x 25.25 in (46.99 x 64.14 cm) America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian...
Acrylic, Paper, Ink
Halong Bay, Vietnam – Limited-Edition Minimalist Black and White Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21367 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment