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.
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....
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...
Lithograph
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 310 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 3/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your print from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Framin...
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 217 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 4/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your print from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Framin...
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 2 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 5/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your print from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Framin...
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 3 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 7/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your print from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Framin...
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 102 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 6/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your print from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Framin...
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 411 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 2/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your artprint from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Fra...
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
$366Sale Price|20% Off
Room 408 - Off Print Fine Art Nude Photography From Collector Portfolio # 1/7
Located in Brussels, BE
You can choose your artprint from the 12 works offered in the box, select your favorite image, and your personalized box will be delivered with the same care as the complete set. Fra...
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
In The Presence of Fragrant Bliss - Abstract Landscape Mixed Media Art 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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Matches" Hand-Embroidered and Beaded Contemporary Photography
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Matches" is a one-of-a-kind piece created by Ashley Catharine Smith. This artwork is a 1/1 film photograph embellished with hand-sewn beads. This piece measures 13”h x 13”w and shi...
Thread, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
$1,260
Don't Let Them Burst your Bubble: Cerulean 51425 - sculpture, blown glass, metal
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary cerulean colored glass wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glasswork—its form, color and tex...
Glass, Mixed Media
Café del Mar Painting, Animal and Landscape Themes, 90x90 cm, New
Located in Zofingen, AG
It doesn’t matter what you do for a living. Or where you wake up in the morning. Titles fade. Addresses change. What stays is who sits across from you. With the right people, even th...
Canvas, Acrylic
Male nude from the 29 Palms, CA series, 21st Century, Polaroid, Nude Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude (29 Palms, CA) - 1999, 58x56cm, Edition 6/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inve...
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
$525Sale Price|25% Off
Blessed Nude Drawing on Red Paper, Blue Tempera, 27.5x19.6in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Blessed" Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with pencil and blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Size is 7.5x19.5in...
Paper, Tempera
$428
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 Haddenham Steam Rally Country Fair, photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 50 gloss photogra...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
The Accordion Player - Contemporary Reductive Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
The Accordion Player - Contemporary Reductive Oil Painting Bold painting of a figure playing an accordion, signed by "Lucadamo." This piece reduces the major shapes into geometric f...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
An April Day
Located in Zofingen, AG
An April Day captures a quiet, intimate moment set within the awakening softness of spring. Two figures sit at a small table, surrounded by lush greenery and delicate touches of bloo...
Canvas, Acrylic
Suburb Spruce, Contemporary Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created from a photograph taken during a snowy weekend at the artist’s mother-in-law’s home in New York. A single evergreen stands in a quiet, snow-covered yard, se...
Oil, Wood Panel
He'll call. Probably
Located in Zofingen, AG
It’s not suspense — it’s comfort. A soft pause that doesn’t ask to be filled. No checking the phone every five minutes, no negotiations with silence. If he calls — it will find you a...
Canvas, Acrylic
Truth or Dare - 21st Century, Polaroid, WomenPhotography, Contemporary
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Truth or Dare - 2017 Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2017-272. Kirst...
C Print, Polaroid, Color, Archival Paper
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
$2,850
Morning Blooming - Butter Yellow Floral Landscape Mixed Media Art 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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Bull in Blue", Animal Oil Painting on Canvas. Signed, Large Format
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“Blue Bull” is an original oil painting on canvas by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work integrates figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and Constructiv...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,500Sale Price|30% Off
Philosopher Original Oil Painting on Canvas, Surreal, 30x38in, Signed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Philosopher" . Original, unique painting. oil on canvas, 30x38in. Shipped rolled in a tube from Europe using DHL or FedEx, no custom or import fees in the US. Free shipping with FRE...
Oil, Canvas
Karst Limestone Cliffs Reflected in Calm Water, Ha Long Bay Black & White Photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21366 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$5,500
"Big Pasture" - Original Contemporary Realist Horse Pasture, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Richard Rodriguez's (US based) "First Light" is an original oil painting that depicts a gathering of horses bathed in early morning light. My Background Brushes, pallet knives, sc...
Oil, Canvas
$580
Dawn from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Blue Gradient Skyline
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pig...
$2,500
Peaceful Synergy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Africa Women, Blue
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 Sam...
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal
Heaven on Earth - Ethereal green abstract landscape painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
There is this idea of heaven as a place so mysterious to me. A place gated and guarded, a place in some other realm. A place of angels. But what if heaven in here? This earth beneat...
Oil
Still Among the Living Things - 21st Century Contemporary Woman Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Still Among the Living Thing” is a meditation on presence, on what it means to exist gently yet fully within one’s space. The woman stands calm, surrounded by the quiet abundance of...
Canvas, Acrylic
Waiting To Blossom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, 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
$295
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...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Roots and Rhythm - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, 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
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
$675
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...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Winter Trees — Sōsaku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hajime Namiki, 'Tree Scene 159', color woodcut, edition 200, 2022. Signed in pencil and with the artist’s red seal. Titled, numbered '37/200' and dated, in pencil. A very fine impres...
Woodcut
$1,446
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...
C Print
$425
Don't Look Back - Abstract Vintage Inspired Figurative Horse Painting on Canvas
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 ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Argnam by Ramon Enrich - Architecture painting, stripes, earth tones
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
Argnam is a painting by Spanish contemporary artist Ramon Enrich. This artwork features a stark, geometric setting with a striped background of red and ochre tones, and a solitary g...
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Paper, Acrylic
Hypomnema #5 Wall sculpture.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hypomnema. A term that is composed of the ancient Greek preposition Hypo-Mneme and literally means “commemorative memory.” It is the meeting of several layers in an object, the memor...
Textile, Mixed Media
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
After Botero Bull Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 20th Century, Ed. 50
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – Bull Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage to the artist’s...
Marble, Bronze
Donald Judd- Series of Ten Woodcuts in Three Color States Vintage
By Donald Judd
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This fold-out card showcases Donald Judd's Series of Ten Woodcuts in Three Color States: Cadmium Red Light, Ultramarine Blue, and Ivory Black. Published by Brooke Alexander, the card...
Offset
$1,292Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Landscape – Original Abstract Painting on Paper by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Blue Landscape is an original abstract painting by Italian artist Marilina Marchica, created using pure pigment on high-quality paper. This unique piece belongs to her ongoing resear...
Pigment, Paper
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...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,893
Large Surreal Seascape Acrylic Painting on Paper Contemporary Mystical Landscape
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Large surreal seascape painting in acrylic on paper exploring spiritual landscape and contemporary mystical symbolism through a dreamlike horizon. This contemporary landscape paintin...
Paper, Acrylic
$2,109
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...
Archival Pigment
Gaïa by Romain Langlois - Boulder-like bronze sculpture, golden
Located in Paris, FR
Gaïa is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Romain Langlois, dimensions are 90 × 64 × 75 cm (35.4 × 25.2 × 29.5 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limi...
Bronze
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...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$1,326
Untitled XII by Matthieu Venot - Abstract photography, architecture, pink wall
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XII, Ain’t Got No Troubles series, is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Matthieu Venot. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available ...
Photographic Paper, Pigment
$1,446Sale Price|20% Off
Gentleman in Interior (After Fernando Botero) oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Gentleman in Interior (After Fernando Botero) Artist: Sanz (Spanish painter, active late 20th – early 21st century) Year: circa 2000 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions (unfr...
Oil
Anew
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
Beach Goddess
Located in Zofingen, AG
Beach Goddess is a quiet reminder that divinity has nothing to do with size, shape, or perfection. A cow resting inside an open shell replaces the classical ideal with something more...
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,345
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...
Bronze
$1,928
Into the Nothing – Minimalist Pier in Mist, Black and White Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 7 // Gallery ID: 21351 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...
Digital Pigment
$1,800
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...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Changing every Day - Bombay Beach - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
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...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Quiet Moments of Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
This large-scale painting captures the quiet flow of everyday life — moments of movement, pause, and shared presence unfolding within a green, open landscape. Figures appear and disa...
Canvas, Acrylic
The sculptural lithograph is part of the inimitable artist’s “Ruckus” series, now on view at the Brooklyn Museum.
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