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.
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Style: Contemporary
Lodge Pole Fire Cone 23-022 - weathering steel outdoor fire pit sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Hand forged from weathering steel Floyd Elzinga’s impressive outdoor sculpture of a pine cone is designed to house logs for a fire. The end of the cone opens to allow for logs to be ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
Untitled
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by Bill Costa is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Untitled
1993
Signed, dated, and numbered in ink, recto; Also titled and dated in pencil, verso
Gelatin silver ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,500
Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas Green and Purple. The Luminous Moment #3
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"The Luminous Moment #3 Green and Purple" is a painting from a new series exploring the relationships between human and animal forms and two predominant complementary colors: Green a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Gracht, Tree Avenue, water reflection, black
white fine art photography print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Waterscape Photography - Avenue of trees by a water ditch with reflections in the calm water. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Farmland, single tree, giant clouds - black and white - landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Farmland Study 6, Austria - no. 11564
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Single tree in the cornfield during a storm and giant clouds, Austria. Archival pigment ink prin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
c. 1983
Signed and inscribed “A/P” in blue ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Great Secret by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human figure
Located in Paris, FR
The Great Secret is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 87 × 21 × 10 cm (34.3 × 8.3 × 3.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Wavering - underwater nude black
white photograph - archival pigment 24x18"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater black and white photograph of a beautiful naked model on her knees at the bottom of the pool.
Original gallery quality archival pigment print on paper signed by the ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Skogafoss, Waterfall, Iceland, Landscape, Limited Edition, Monochrome Photograph
Located in Vienna, Vienna
25x60 Skogafoss 2, Iceland - no. 11132
Black and White fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Skogafoss gigantic waterfall, Iceland. Archival pigment ink print, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Blue, Yellow, and Salmon - Colorful Contemporary Figurative Fashion Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in 1982 in Manzanillo, Cuba, artist Darwin Estacio Martinez honed his artistic skills at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts "El Alba" in Holguin, and furthered his education ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andromeda - underwater black&white nude photograph - archival print 23.5x17"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Andromeda, in Greek mythology, beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope. Cassiope offended the Nereids by boasting that Andromeda was more beautiful than they, so in rev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Boathouse at Mountain Lake, Austria - black and white photography - landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white waterscape photography. Small boathouse with a dock on a calm lake Tauplitzsee, surrounded by dense forested hills.
Archival pigment ink print, e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
SAN I - Modern Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
A few words of the artist about his art:
When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Andries Stilte oversized Towel Wall Hanging (limited edition sold out) 70" x 60"
Located in New York, NY
Kehinde Wiley
Andries Stilte oversized beach towel, 2008
Silkscreen on 100% Cotton Large Beach Towel or hanging tapestry
70 × 60 inches
Edition of 2000
In original packaging with ta...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Mixed Media, Screen
Hunt Slonem "Lemon Bunnies" Lithograph
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lemon Bunnies
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2017
Medium: Lithograph on Paper
Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22"
Signature: Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pont Neuf Paris France, black and white photography landscape fine art print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Pont Neuf Study 1, Paris, France - no. 11842
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Erotic Portraits by Franco Marocco - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic portraits by Franco Marocco is a lot of three photographic prints on Agfa baryta paper.
Print realized from square-medium film in 1990 circa. Handwritten pencil notes on back...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Great Pollet Sea Arch, monochrome photograph, limited edition, irland seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Great Pollet Sea Arch Study 2, Ireland - no. 11706
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Chitalpa 3
By Thomas Slate
Located in Santa Fe, NM
cyanotype, acrylic on canvas
blue, white, cyan
Thomas uses a cyanotype photographic process incorporated into his paintings. The layering process of his paintings evoke a sense of d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Photogram
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Joshua Tree, National Park, Limited Edition Photograph by Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. Joshua Tree in National Park at sunset in California, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Quantum Leap 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Double Poppies Black
Located in New York, NY
Double Poppies Black
2025
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and sand on Rising 4-ply museum board
Sheet size: 52.5 x 30 inches (133 x 76 cm)
Image size: 48.5 x 26 inches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Pink Granite Coast, Giant Rock, France, black and white landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Limited Black and white photograph of a large, balanced rock formation on a sandy beach landscape with a cloudy sky in the background.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Amancio.41 Man Deconstruccion II original bronze iron sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
Iron and bronze.
Very popular artist in Europe and Latin America
AMANCIO Gonzalez ( Leon 1965 )
Amancio González is a sculptor from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue- 21st Century Dutch Portrait Painting of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch Female Artist Liseth Visser is no stranger to the world of portraiture. In the past she was nominated for the 'BP portrait award' from 'Th National...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Trophy, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, unique signed painting w/provenance
Located in New York, NY
David Humphrey
Trophy (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), 1983
Oil on Canvas painting
Signed Twice: Hand signed and dated verso, also artist has signed his name and written his ho...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paddelboot, minimalism, black and white, long exposure, waterscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered b...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Palm Trees, lonley beach, Florida, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 15. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on H...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
"My Horizon - Summer in the City" Color Field Contemporary Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Plum Juicy Purple Pocket Painting , original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Rusty Wild Pear 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Contemporary pop art 3-D interior wall sculpture pink Straws, Acrylic, Plexiglas
By Sangsik Hong
Located in New York, NY
A figure appears when looking straight in the middle of the piece
Acrylic, STRAWS, Plexiglas.
Sang Sik Hongs' work is all made by hand; each straw is hand placed, a contrast to the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Foggy Slave Cliff, North Atlantic Ocean, Faroe Islands, landscape photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure seascape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
That One Friend
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Rhythm of Reading, Abstract library, textured oil painting, French artist
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas – 50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in)
Framed: 57 x 57 cm (22.44 x 22.44 in)
Choice of natural wood or black floating frame
Choice of black or natural wood floater frame
Year:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Washeteria Looking In, London - Vintage Interior Color Photograph Framed
Located in Cambridge, GB
Washeteria - Looking In, vintage interior photograph from Richard Heeps series, A Short History of London. "I discovered this launderette while London was in lockdown during the pand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Eiffel Tower Stairs at the Trocadero Paris, black and white cityscape print
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Eiffel Tower Study 13, Paris, France - no. 18117 // Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Ger...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Walasse Ting
Blue Horse
By Walasse Ting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Walasse Ting was a Chinese American artists renowned for the use of vibrant colors, evident in this limited edition large scale “Blue Horse”. ??Oversized poster. Published by Yves Ri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Stony Mountain Stream California USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Stony Mountain Stream, CA, USA - no. 11912- Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography.
Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Equilibre Rouille 4/10 - geometric abstract, modern, aluminum outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Philippe Pallafray’s dramatic contemporary sculptures often appear to defy the laws of gravity. This imposing minimalist piece features a highly polished stainless steel ball precari...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Jean Dubuffet
Automobile a la route noire
2016-Vintage-First Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Automobile à la Route Noire by Jean Dubuffet captures the raw, expressive energy of his signature Art Brut style. With bold, gestural lines and a dynamic composition, the artwork pre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Laurisilva Forest - black and white landscape photography - limited art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography - Old Laurisilva tree in the fairy forest at foggy mystical mood, madeira. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, da...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Waterfall Bavaria Germany, black and white photography - fine art landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Waterfall Study 7, Germany - no. 18175
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Ge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Flora 12 - Baroque Female Nude Photography Floral Interior Design
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 12 is a vibrant Digital C-Type print in this size in a Limited Edition of 15 by contemporary photography duo Tortora & Travezan.
In this portrait, Tortora & Travezan create a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Where the Ocean Keeps Our Dreams B.Schaumann Contemporary architectural Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow covered Central Park New York USA limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Snow covered Central Park Study 3, New York City, USA - no. 11838
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Judas Medal- 21st Century Still-life painting of a tin with dry Judas Medal
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga.
The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Beside Still Waters, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A weathered farmhouse stands sentinel, a skeletal whisper against the vast prairie. Once, laughter echoed through its rooms, and children's dreams clung to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Winter Landscape - Offset and lithograph after Josip Generalic - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Winter Landscape is an offset print on canvas realized after Josip Generalic in 1961.
Signed on the plate and dated on the bottom center.
Good conditions and aged.
The artwork re...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
The Dark Hedges, beech, tree avenue, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Landscape Photography. The Dark Hedges, unique beech tree avenue in Northern Ireland, film scene from games of thrones. Archival pigment ink print, edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA, minimalist black and white landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Black and white photo. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, seen from the side, with the city skyline faintly visible in the background.
Archival pigment ink pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Ink
Nelson De La Nuez "Love Story" Mixed Media
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: De La Nuez, Nelson
Title: Love Story
Series: Sketches
Date: 2025
Medium: Screenprint with Hand Applied Acrylic
Framed Dimensions: 46" x 43"
Signature: Signed
Edition: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Screen
Self Portrait, Ireland, long exposure, black and white photography, landscape
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 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Cherries Dark Pocket Painting 2c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Dark Cherries 2c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque sti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil
Tree, South of France
By Kate Breakey
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
New Sorento, Dubai, Mega City, black and white, photography, landscape, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Brigitte Bardot with cigar - Spain, 1971 - estate print
Located in Chicago, IL
French actress Brigitte Bardot on the set of "The Ballad of Frenchie King" in Almeria, Spain, 1971
Posthumuous c type estate print with digital signature
72 x 108 inches
Edition ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
Fluid Heart
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Budapest”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor by Istvan Varga of the Chain Bridge in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Under glass.
The grand Parliament Building i...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Esplanade, Promenade, France - bnw gelatin silver photography - framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2018. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archiva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment
Lavender Field lonely Tree stranger cloud black and white landscape limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Lavender Field with lonely Tree Study 1, France - no. 21149
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and number...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
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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