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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Werner Bronkhorst - All Four Victory - Formula 1
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst All Four Victory, 2025 Giclée Hahnemühle Photorag paper with black solid wood frame, bordered by a white mount 42.5cm x 42.5cm Unknown edition size self-released b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

Tom Cruise Penis [2]: Study for The Shroud of Scientology
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Unframed print.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital

Night Garden and Fireflies II, landscape painting, flora, night, purple, flowers
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen During the days of painting en plein air, Krieger describes how she began to dream about painting while sleeping, and thus turned those night visions into this series of night time paintings. In these, we see the landscape transformed into a dream-like setting. These surrealist imaginings of the natural world place Krieger’s paintings within a cohort of contemporary women painters reimagining the tradition of the landscape genre, such as Shara Hughes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Linen, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Elemental - Neon Yellow Pink Colorful Acorns Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary sculptural wall installation consists of more than 270 individual acorn caps mounted on brass pins - each cap is filled with plaster and paint in bright hues of pin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Brass

Courtyard, Dominic Finocchio, 2025, Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dominic Finocchio, an American painter raised in St. Louis, is known for his narrative figurative works that explore masculinity through modern male figures in contemporary settings....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Garden Wall (30 x 30 inch oil painting on birch wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is the silhouette of a Japanese aralia (paperplant, false castor oil plant, fatsia japonica). The big leaves have nine lobes and spread out wide. The sky is painted a pale peac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Birch, Oil, Wood Panel

Buddha Bear Contemporary Bronze Green Sculpture of a Bear
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karin Beek's (1948) bronze sculptures are characterized by a friendly, round and at the same time monumental style. They breathe the atmosphere of everyday life. Beek would like her ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Black Orbit by Kuno Vollet - Large Contemporary Round Orbit sculpture
Located in DE
A large contemporary black powder coated steel sculpture. Beautiful on the floor or a pedestal. A contemporary statement piece full of elegance and movement. _______________________...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Steel

Coffee Break (CB02_nov23), Coffee on paper, Cycling, Sports, Café, Illustration
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Artwork of cyclists, made from specially treated coffee and then submitted to a further setting treatment so the artwork will last Complete size of sheet: 42 x 59.4 cm ADD...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Coffee

Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley 48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm signed edition of 7 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm signed...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

4 Flight
Located in Denver, CO
This painting of butterflies captures the visual style of Hunt Slonem, complete with his signature scoring that appears in many of his paintings. It is also set in an antique fram ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Hans Hofman- Untitled Mid Century Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled print by Hans Hofmann. Framed in a light wood frame with a front profile of 1/2 inch and a side profile of 1 3/4 inch. The piece is seated behind a 3 1/2 inch mat. Shipping...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Supernatural Delight - Original Surrealist Colorful Animal Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing fragments of dreams, memories, and emotions in her surrealist paintings, Taiwanese-American artist Amy Tai blends cultures within her soft and sensual imagery. Tai's artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Woodland Radiance, original painting, landscape, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
"Woodland Radiance" is a captivating portrayal of a tranquil birch forest bathed in golden sunlight. The slender white trunks rise gracefully, their leaves forming a luminous canopy ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15 signed and numbered Also available in: 90 x 120 cm / 35.4 x 47.2 in 120 x 160 cm / 47.2 x 63 in Thierry Le Gouès, born in Britta...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Black and White

Wine and Lily
Located in Zofingen, AG
Daria presents two nude female figures, their gestures distilled into symbolic acts: one holds a glass of wine, the other a single flower. These objects function as signs of sensuali...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark Horse Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Green Apples. Series "Vibrations of the Earth"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In "Evening Song," everything breathes with the warmth of day's end — a gentle light that envelops nature just before nightfall. Two birds, perched among fiery red and golden foliage...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Swan-Like Embrace (Paris) by Nan Goldin
Located in Dubai, Dubai
By Nan Goldin Swan-Like Embrace, Paris (2001), printed later, 2021 C-Print on paper 8 x 5 1/8 inches Signed verso (please see image 3) From the 2021 timed release, published by Pain.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Hot Champagne - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 43x59"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An underwater photograph of a naked young woman wrapped in bubbles. This is a bright high resolution photograph with rich green and golden tones migrating onto blue and orange. Ori...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

For the Explanation, When it Came
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rendered in a sophisticated and elegant palette, Elise's visionary landscape paintings interweave botanical elements with organic abstraction. With a background in graphic design an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Kasing Lung LABUBU Big into Energy Have A Seat Blind Box Unopened Mint Condition
Located in Draper, UT
LABUBU, Kasing Lung, LABUBU, Big into Energy "Have A Seat" Blind Box Unopened Mint Condition Japan, 2025 ABS/PVC/Polyester 6 7/10 × 3 7/10 × 2 7/10 in 17 × 9.4 × 6.9 cm From an open...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Polyester, PVC, ABS

The Beating Heart - Original Colorful Still Life Pointillist Textured Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel

Golden Streets
Located in Zofingen, AG
Bathed in the warmth of afternoon light, the city glows with golden trees and quiet movement. People stroll, talk, and share the rhythm of the day — each step a reflection of simple ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Adesuwa - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Pursuing dreams beyond borders is a journey fraught with complexities and challenges, yet it also offers profound opportunities for growth and transformation. "Finding Solace in Fore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Livingroom- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Interior Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Cloud Trees Variation Two, Stream, Forest, Grey Clouds Blue Sky, Eggplant Trees
Located in Kent, CT
Eve Stockton’s woodcut prints are inspired by close observation of nature and her eclectic interest in science. Her woodcuts depict nature at different scales, often simultaneously. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Woodcut

Lily No.2 black and white analogue floral photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily No.2' Lily was photographed using a large format 4x5 black and white film. From Limited edition of 10. Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed both fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Large Abstract Zen Wood Sculpture "Sitting in Oblivion" by Ser Uang Huang
Located in Taichung, TW
Designer's Note: Visual Impact: This sculpture is a masterclass in negative space. The large central void creates a "window" that allows light and air to pass through, preventing th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Wabi-Sabi (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, Contemporary, 21st Cenrury, Landscape, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wabi-Sabi (Sidewinder) - 2007 40x40cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label, Not mounted. Artist Inventory No. 11165 Stefanie...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

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

“American Rural, Shack II” Contemporary Colorful Pastoral Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a bright blue shack in the middle of an open field set against a vibrant red sky. Signe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Breathe - Red, Beige, and Earth Tone Textured Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Kobi Raz (Israeli, born 1959) "Breathe" 2023 Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom left of the painting. About the Artist: Kobi Raz, one of Isr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Hunt Slonem "Yellow Field" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Yellow Field Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Occupied - Oil on Canvas by Anastasia Kurakina - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Occupied is an original oil painting on canvas, realized in the 2000s by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina. Signature, title, technique, on the back.  Very good conditions.  ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

The Promise Of Autumn - Original Landscape Painting, Vertical Sky Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
"The Promise of Autumn" is a minimalist landscape painting depicting subtle shifts of color, from moody evocative tones of blue, gray and orange in the sky which lay themselves juxta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Drinks With Degas, 60"x30", Painting On Canvas, Dress, Black White Grey, Collage
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
DRINKS WITH DEGAS - This dress painting features an interplay of paint, lace collage and ribbon creating an outcome both expressive and refined. Through the process of adding and sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Fabric, Canvas

Utopia, Milan - Color Blocking Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Utopia', photographed in February 2020 for his ongoing series 'A Short History of Milan'. There is a reoccurring linear, structural theme throughout the series, capturing the Milan...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Blue Chroma, Figurative nude. Oil on canvas. Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nevermind Nevermind Original Slides Print
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of the original, 1991 color film slides from Kirk Weddle's photo shoot with Nirvana laid out on a light box in Kirk's studio, from our collection of out...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Ain t my First Rodeo /// Jack Graves Cowboy Western Horse Bull Riding Scholder
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Ain't my First Rodeo" Series: Americana *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2025 Medi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

American School Still Life Painting Study of Citrus Fruits
Located in San Rafael, CA
American School (20th c.) Still Life Study of Citrus Fruits Oil on canvas Unframed 18in H x 24in W This charming still-life study of lemons, oranges and other citrus exhibits wonder...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Jose antonio, Martes 7 de julio, Figurative painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Crayon, Pastel, Paper

Contemporary Minimal, Horizontal Diptych, Geometric Blue Diamond Cyanotype Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Diamond is a unique handmade cyanotype diptych on watercolor paper. Its layered gradients of deep indigo and radiant white form a luminous diamond shape, blending geometric prec...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Monotype

New York, Brooklyn, African American Lifestyle 1960s, Fashion Show
Located in New york, NY
Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1963 by Leonard Freed is a 19" x 13" signed and numbered archival pigment print in an edition of 10. Signed by the estate, Freed's widow Brigitte Freed, on back of photograph. Available: 3/10. Provenance: Freed Estate *** Artist’s Bio: Leonard Freed (1929-2006) was an American photographer from Brooklyn, New York. His "Black in White America" series made him known as a documentarian, a social documentary photographer. Freed worked as a freelance photographer from 1961 onwards and as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans (1964-65), events in Israel (1967-68, 1973), and the New York City police department...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Chanel No. 5 (set of 4) posters
Located in Washington , DC, DC
After Andy Warhol Each poster is backed with linen
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Linen

Ellsworth Kelly - Composition (Axsom No. I-C), 1958 Lithograph From DLM
By (after) Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Composition (Axsom No. I-C) Year: 1964 Dimensions: 15in. by 11in. Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches Mount Board Color: White/Black Print Border...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Avernus" Nude Photography 24" x 32" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin
Located in Culver City, CA
"Avernus" Nude Photography 24" x 32" in Ed. 1/7 by Aaron Mcpolin Archival Giclee Print & Museum Framed Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist NOT fra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Robert Mapplethorpe, Rose with Smoke, from A Season in Hell, 1986 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite photogravure after Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), titled Rose with Smoke, from the folio A Season in Hell, originates from the 1986 edition published by The Limited ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Vintage Paris Fashion Drawing - Knit Overcoat, c. 1980
Located in Houston, TX
Charming ink and pencil fashion sketch of a long pink overcoat with clasp by Paris fashion house Création Corine Marie, circa 1980. Includes original fabric swatch and designer's sta...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pencil

Peter Doig, Fisherman
Located in Hamburg, DE
Peter Doig (born 1959 in Edinburgh) Fisherman, 2013 Medium: Pigment print on paper Dimensions: 87.5 x 69 cm (34.4 x 27.1 in) Edition of 500: Hand signed and numbered Condition: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment

Where light lingers longest - Contemporary Architecture pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon - Vintage Photograph - 1990
By Phillip Dixon
Located in Roma, IT
Sharon Stone by Phillip Dixon is a collection of three photographic prints on RC paper. Photographs published on Playboy of July 1990 and printed from l...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Paris, Jazz Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Daughter China Moses, 1980s
Located in New york, NY
In 1986 African-American musician Dee Dee Bridgewater left the United States and moved to Paris, France where she lived for the next fifteen years with her family, two daughters and ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Arc...

Autumn Reflected / realist nature 44 x66 in. oil on canvas painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Autumn Reflected’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on can...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jack in Paris by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting, night
Located in Paris, FR
Jack in Paris is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions are 51...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Ocean Light, Original Figurative Painting, Atmospheric art, Underwater Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Ocean Light is an original figurative painting by artist Bill Bate. It features two figures underwater in this atmospheric composition and colour palette. Bill Bate was interested in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waves by Mathieu Piffeteau - Abstract painting, black&white, texture
Located in Paris, FR
Waves is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Mathieu Piffeteau, dimensions are 97 × 130 cm (38.2 × 51.2 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On Stage It s Okay to Be Different - An Homage to the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Located in Chicago, IL
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, created to show the world what it meant to be different, is as important today as it was when it came out in 1975. Sur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

K by Christophe Dupety - Colorful painting, male figure on a floral background
Located in Paris, FR
K is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 146 × 114 cm (57.5 × 44.9 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a cer...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Inspiratio, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Inspiratio, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a powerful moment of harmony between two dancers—a male and female form united in perfect poise. With one arm each extended skywar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

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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