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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
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Apparition at the Border of Language"
Located in Lyons, CO
This print presents a fictitious encounter between contemporary colonial forces and Native Americans who are defenders of immigrant refugees and displaced populations. The artist de...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cherry Bomb - Color Drenched Abstract Figurative Pinup Cowgirl Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Acrylic

Flop Hop Homie - Abstract Pastel Tone Cute Bunny Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Laurel Forest - minimalist landscape - serene foggy meadow with tree - limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8. Limited-edition prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, sig...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Bull III by Christophe Dupety - Animal painting, abstract, violet, vivid colours
Located in Paris, FR
Bull III is a unique acrylic on paper painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Cycle of Life - Abstract Sage Green Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
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, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Love Bomb - Original Minimalist Black and White Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
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, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Into the Nothing - long exposure jetty waterscape photo - limited edition art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. Minimalist Black and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Poppy Parade - Framed Abstract Expressive Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Scaffold Two - Geometric Abstract Light Blue Navy Ivory Beige Lines Shapes, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in shades of blue from cobalt to pale periwinkle, and delicate angular lines in black and dark gray are dynamic against a soft background fading from dark navy at th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Foyer VI, Milan - Italian Design Interior Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VI, Italian interior photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan, began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the Af...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Janus's Heads by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, double-sided head, myth
Located in Paris, FR
Janus's Heads is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 54 × 26 × 17 cm (21.3 × 10.2 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Madonna's Angels
Located in Zofingen, AG
Madonna’s Angels brings together tenderness and quiet power in an intimate, almost domestic icon. A black dog and a red tiger rest side by side on a deep pink sofa, both adorned with...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Place to Linger Winter - minimalist farmland, two trees - large format 80x120cm
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Black and white snow landscape photography. Two large, leafless trees with a small bench between them on a grassy field. Pigment ink print, limited editio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Italian Stone Pines, Tuscany, Italy - large scale minimalist color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Tuscany landscape photography. Landscape with rolling hills, a single tree, a huge cloud, and a field of dry grass. Archival pigment ink print as part of a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Backstreet Girls
Located in Zofingen, AG
Backstreet Girls is a quiet gathering of very different bodies sharing the same ease. A black dog, a white goat, a red cow, and small birds rest on their own sofas, each in a distinc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Violet House, color cityscape, Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer photo - Colorful houses in pastel shades on a cobblestone street, with colorful windows and a striped curtain hanging in front of one house. Archival pigment ink p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Changing every Day - Bombay Beach - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Changing every Day' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 50x50cm, Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid, Signed on the back and wit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Him by Camille Brasselet - Nude art photography, male body, brown background
Located in Paris, FR
Him is a photograph by French contemporary artist Camille Brasselet. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *75 × 50 cm (29.5 × 19.7 in)...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Pigment

Blue Mountains, Nature Inspired, Calming Landscape Cyanotype Monotype on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This handmade cyanotype monotype presents a serene, atmospheric landscape composed of softly layered mountain forms rendered in nuanced shades of blue. Through the cyanotype process,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Foyer VII, Milan - Italian Design Interior Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VII, Italian interior photography from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan, began in November 2018 for a special project featured at the A...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Between the Cedars
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Between Light and Silence. A contemplative forest landscape where vertical cedar forms create a gentle rhythm, guiding the eye along a quiet path. “Between the Cedars” evokes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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

The turquoise House, color cityscape, Venetian Lagoon, Venice - limited print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photography. Colorful buildings with pastel pink, blue, yellow, and red walls, windows, and open shutters in a courtyard. Archival pigment...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Rectangular Portal, Unique Cyanotype Abstract Geometric, Blue Minimalism, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rectangular Portal is a cyanotype monotype that plays with depth, geometry, and light. Composed of layered indigo gradients, the work creates a rhythmic sense of movement, drawing t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Mecano by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, red, blue, figurative, man
Located in Paris, FR
Mecano is a painting on paper by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 50 × 64 cm (19.7 x 25.2 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Row of Trees in yellow Field Panorama - large scale minimalist color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color landscape photography. A vast green field filled with yellow flowers, with leafless trees in the distance under a cloudy sky. Archival pigment ink print as...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ce qui demeure — Abstract Library, Minimalism, Oil Painting, Contemporary, 2026
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas – 54 x 65 cm (21.3 x 25.6 in) Framed dimensions: 61 x 72 cm (24 x 28.3 in) Framed in natural wood or black floater frame (your choice) Signed – Certificate of authentic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Loving You (Till Death do us Part)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Loving You (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artis...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

161.07.11 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
161.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the ‘On body Forms’ series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. I...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hugh Cloud over Cypress Trees, Tuscany, Italy - landscape color limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2023 Gerald Berghammer - Color minimalist photography. Open landscape with rolling hills, a small cluster of tall, thin green trees, and a large, fluffy cloud in the sky. Archival...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Place to Linger Winter - minimalist farmland, two trees - large format photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Black and white snow landscape photography. Two large, leafless trees with a small bench between them on a grassy field. Pigment ink print, limited editio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fly Me To The Moon -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

The Love - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Couple
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

168.01.12 by Klaus Kampert - Black and white nude photography, woman's body
Located in Paris, FR
168.01.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Wrapped". This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is availabl...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

161.03.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.03.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Grand Canal, Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venice - color limited photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Color cityscape photo. Foggy grand canal with historic buildings on both sides and the domed Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. Archival pigment ink pr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

160.07.11 by Klaus Kampert (Tribute to Modigliani series) - nude photography
Located in Paris, FR
160.07.11 is a limited-edition black & white photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert from the series entitled Tribute to Modigliani. In this series, Klaus Kampert pays tr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Miami II 005 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, beach, sea, umbrellas
Located in Paris, FR
Miami II 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a C-print impression on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. This photograph is sold unframed as a pri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Viga 4 by Tom Price - Abstract sculpture, wood, resin, synthetic, mineral, life
Located in Paris, FR
Viga 4 is a sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price. This sculpture is made of resin, tar, steel, wood, dimensions are 242 × 45 × 45 cm (95.3 × 17.7 × 17.7 in). The indicated dime...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Steel

Transmission Flower - Flowers Eyeball Blue Surreal Plants Landscape, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
A futuristic flower hybrid is the focus of this fantastical landscape in acrylic ink on Arches watercolor paper by Peter Hamlin. The meticulously detailed flower is whimsical and sur...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

163.08.12 by Klaus Kampert - Colour nude photography, woman's body, water, legs
Located in Paris, FR
163.08.12 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Klaus Kampert. It belongs to the series "Water Creatures". In this series, Klaus Kampert submerges his model in water...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Foggy Wooden Dock Panorama, waterscape, lakeside - limited edition large format
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© 2025 Gerald Berghammer - Black and white long exposure waterscape photo. Wooden pier extending into calm water, with a minimalistic and serene background. Archival pigment ink pri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

161.11.11 by Klaus Kampert - Fine art nude photography, woman's body, aesthetic
Located in Paris, FR
161.11.11 is a work by contemporary photographer Klaus Kampert, from the 'On Body Forms' series. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions: *...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Row of colorful Pedal Boats Panorama, waterscape - limited edition color print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color panorama waterscape photography. A row of colorful pedal boats on the lake Balaton with dramatic cloudy sky. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, long exposure panorama - large scale color photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color seascape. Long exposure photograph of jagged sea stacks rising from the ocean with misty water and a light sky in the background. Archival pigment ink prin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Little Darlings (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 38x37cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 artist proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper

Stories From The Sea I - Modern Hand Woven and Painted Landscape Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
Stories from the Sea I, handwoven abstract landscape, linen yarn, organic cotton, 110 x 80 cm, 2021 Canvas is entirely constructed on a weaving loom. Each of the steps of the proces...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Linen, Yarn, Cotton

Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x65"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This vibrant underwater nude photograph of a young woman wrapped in air bubbles transforms the human form into an abstract celebration of color and ef...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Thomas Afro Goddess Looking Forward Print, 8 Layer Silkscreen, Signed Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 8 silkscreen layers, including 2 silkscreen metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, CMYK silkscreen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Daisy in front of Mirror - Polaroid, Figurative, Photograph, Nude
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Daisy in front of Mirror (Till Death do Us part) - 2005 Edition 1/5, 128x125cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Mounted on Aluminum with matte...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Palm Springs Totem 3 - Modern Unique Muted 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

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 ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Nelumbo nucifera, minimalist waterscape, lotus flower, large limited color photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color waterscape photography. Three pink lotus flowers floating on a calm body of water with lily pads and reflections. Archival pigment ink print as part of a l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Giglio - The Sign of Florence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: The Sign of Iris – Giglio is a painting series dedicated to Florence and its visual legacy. The iris — the historical emblem of the city — appears not as a botanical subject,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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.