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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

Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-) Title: "Westhampton" Portfolio: The Hamptons *Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right Year: 1987 Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs) Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY Sheet size: 21" x 23" Image size: 16" x 18.13" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition Notes: Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso. Biography: Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Last Light on Slaters Ridge Wyatt Mt - Blue Sky Green Mountain Landscape, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
The verdant green, mountainous landscape of Gregory Hennen's Virginia home are the subject for this rich, highly detailed contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel. Recording t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Great Stag by Pierre Yermia - Large animal bronze sculpture, monumental
Located in Paris, FR
Grand Cerf (Great Stag) is a monumental bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. The strength of the stag's body and its slender legs bestow it with a contradict...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Aramis by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze animal sculpture, bull
Located in Paris, FR
Aramis is a bronze patinated sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 18 x 14 x 17 cm (7.09 × 5.51 × 6.69 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Blue Birds - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Pair of Blue Birds" is a striking example of contemporary folk art that merges whimsical symbolism with bold abstraction. This original acrylic and gouache paintin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Between the Landscape and Geometry - Modern Woven and Painted Abstract Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
Between the Landscape and Geometry, hand weaving, linen yarn, wool, acrylic textile paint, 70 x 65 cm, 2024. There is a second painting from this series - my other article here, mat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic, Wool

Monumental Bull I by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze art, outdoor sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Bull I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 197 × 250 × 120 cm (77.6 × 98.4 × 47.2 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Engulfment, Berlin #2. Nude in a landscape
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, eve...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

In the Space of Make-Believe
Located in Zofingen, AG
This dreamer appears to come from a world of her own invention: the hat, the closed eyes, the calm poise, the earring as a quiet emblem of play. She constructs herself outside of imp...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark Hedges, tree avenue, mystical forest - monochrome landscape Ireland
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Dark Hedges, majestic avenue of beech trees in Northern Ireland. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

In the Embrace of the Green Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the Embrace of the Green Garden captures a serene summer scene filled with warmth and quiet harmony. A family rests on soft grass surrounded by lush greenery and gentle sunlight, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Life Journey 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Figurative, Realism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About the Artist Joy Eyitayo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Don't Let Them Burst your Bubble: Turquoise 31425 - blown glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary turquoise colored glass wall sculpture was created by Cheryl Wilson Smith. Cheryl Wilson Smith is known for her uniquely beautiful glasswork—its form, color and te...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

When It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, the outer noise of rain turns into an inner silence. It’s pouring outside, yet inside there’s soft light, the warmth of skin, the smell of pages, and the quiet breathin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Diptych Untitled IX and Untitled X. From Searching a Mother Series. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color

Earth Reflections - Modern Abstract Landscape paint – Original Oil on Canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a contemporary painter who explores the intersection between abstraction and landscape, blending energy and serenity. Her intuitive and subtle approach is inspired b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Black Drip II - Colorful Abstract Figurative Sculptural Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

Drangarnir, Faroe Islands - Minimalist Seascape, Limited Edition Large Scale
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art long landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Engulfment, Manzanillo #3. Nude in a landscape.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The first encounter I had with the abyss, was arriving to a place that does not exist, a point suspended in time where I am without being. An unreal world expands in front of me, eve...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

"LaFlat" Limited Edition Parody Product by Kid Hazo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"LaFlat" is an original archival pigment print on cardboard box artwork by Kid Hazo measuring 5.5"h x 11"w x 5.25"d. This is an edition of 13. Hazo’s belief that art is for everyon...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Cardboard, Archival Pigment

El Nene. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper

Green Table with Red Flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the City Stories series, Green Table with Red Flowers portrays a quiet café scene where everyday life turns into poetry. At the center, a couple sits by a round green table ador...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ivan con Magnun. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper

Concentric Circles - Colorful Abstract Figurative Sculptural Modern Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptural artist known for his original artworks incorporating original small bronze figures, standing at just up to 4 inches tall. His unique fi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Bronze

White Cliffs Panorama - Large Color Seascape Photography - Limited Edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Color fine art seascape - landscape long exposure photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Permission to Toch
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work portrays the gentle act of reaching inward. Hands — symbolic extensions of the self — softly connect with the dog’s face. The animal remains still, receptive. Dasha paints ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Evening Lights
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the City Stories series, Evening Lights captures the glowing warmth of a café terrace at night. The golden illumination of the building spills onto the pavement, reflecting in ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Deja Vu. Spring, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A stylized portrait depicts a girl using bold blocks of color. Her face appears simplified and almost sculptural, rendered in muted tones of beige, grey, and pi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Duchess
Located in Zofingen, AG
An imposing black dog rests calmly on a baroque armchair, carrying the weight of the room in its poised presence. Golden carvings and deep green velvet frame its quiet dignity, while...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Unfolding Dreams - Modern Figurative Bronze Iron Metal Wall-Mounted Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal artw...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Iron

Love is Kind - 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

Orelisa - 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

Low Tides, High Chill - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Some days are just meant for slowing down. While the world might be rushing past you, like someone swimming hard to get somewhere, you can choose to move differently. It’s okay to ta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Fig 1
Located in Zofingen, AG
The blue fig branch is not merely a plant, but a sign. A symbol of wisdom and eternal life from ancient Mediterranean cultures, it is transformed here through color borrowed from Mat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Lotus Flower - Panorama - Vietnam - long exposure - waterscape - photography
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. 15.8 x 31.5 ed. 7 31....
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Fragrances et bruillements by G. Priault - Tropical forest painting, landscape
Located in Paris, FR
Fragrances et bruillements is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Gérard Priault, dimensions are 81 × 100 cm (31.9 × 39.4 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French School Neverending Reading - Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Never ending Reading In this luminous and poetic work, a suspended moment of everyday life, infused with both serenity and the quiet solitude of modern existence. Two women, seated...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Unión 2 and Errabundeo Cordoba 7. Nude in a landscape color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Errabundeo Series Though each love is experienced as unique and though the subject rejects the notion of repeating it elsewhere later on, he sometimes discovers in himself a kind of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas "Premonition of Eternity"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Premonition of Eternity" – Contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas, executed with professional Winsor & Newton and Rembrandt oil paints. The surface is constructed through succ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Bubbles, They Will All Burst, Original David Shrigley Art
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, Bubbles, They Will All Burst, 2023 Unique acrylic on wove paper 75 x 55 cm (29 1/2 × 21 7/10 in) Hand-signed with initials in pencil Part of a series of 20 paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Roses #1
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, white roses unfold against a ground of deep red, appearing as silence within fire. The composition stages a dialogue between tenderness and passion, evoking an imag...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Amaryllis -21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still life Painting of Flowers
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bart Koning (Dutch artist) Amaryllis 46,2 x 36,8 cm ( framed included 46,6 x 37,2 cm) Oil paint on wood panel We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning. Incredibly ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Absolut: Toño. From The series Guerreros. Photomontage
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The series Guerreros One-of-a-kind Photomontage on archival paper Unframed The root of these unique photographic works by the artist Celso Castro occurred when the artist retur...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Paper

Grammia Virgo Female - Coral Red Black Peach Moth Insect Patterned Wings, 2007
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, hyper-detailed archival pigment print on watercolor paper, a coral red moth with black markings on its wings and abdomen and pale peach on its upper wings is dr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Stroll in the Sun
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the City Stories series, this painting captures the vibrant rhythm of urban life bathed in sunlight. The golden tones of the vintage car and the bright dress at the center creat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

New Stories
Located in Zofingen, AG
From the City Stories series, New Stories portrays the quiet poetry of urban encounters. Figures gather around a café beneath a bright awning, some pausing in conversation, others si...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

I Recognize Myself
Located in Zofingen, AG
The dog’s gaze meets a bouquet of pink flowers — not to possess, but to witness. There’s no tension here, only quiet coexistence. Daria captures the delicate balance of softness and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Weight They Cannot See 3 (Truth Never Die) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Truth never dies …Like a seed buried deep, it will sprout again Through fire and darkness, her eyes do not look away. Lies can burn, time can hide, but truth lives on, waiting to be...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Top of the Cliffs - single Person - England - minimalist landscape photo
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Top of the Cliffs Study 1 - England - no. 21378 >> Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. >> Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. >> Certificate of authenticity include...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Colorful Shoots and Ladders, Abstract Geometric Triptych, Bauhaus Inspiredhaus
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Colorful Shoots and Ladders” is a striking triptych that channels the spirit of the Bauhaus movement through precise geometric composition and a masterful command of color. Each pan...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Strawberry Red Pocket Painting 3, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blush Pear 10c (canvas size 5x7cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Layer No.14 by Doris Marten - Abstract minimalism, colorful painting
Located in Paris, FR
Layer No.14 is an abstract painting by contemporary German artist Doris Marten. It is made with Indian ink on Alu-Dibond and measures 45 × 45 cm (17.7 × 17.7 in). The Layers series ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

India Ink

Hoarfrosted Lonely Tree Frozen Field
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Digital pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm white border. 15.75 x 15.75 in. (40 x...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Floral Painting With Pastel Tones
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Portrait II - Figurative Elegant Feminine Watercolor Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Strings of Time Woven into Silence. Series"Vibrations of the Earth
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting opens a space where the earth resonates with its invisible vibrations. The horses appear not only as figures of nature but as symbols of the soul’s movement through the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Summer – Lotus by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese landscape painting, nature, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Summer – Lotus is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with japanese pigments, silver and gold leaves on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dime...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Gold Leaf

The Keeper of Geese, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman sits serenely on a bench, cradling a white goose against her chest. Her patterned dress blends into the patchwork of earth beneath her, while a modern s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

"Unseen Voices 34" 2024 oil on panel 21 x 18 in.
Located in New York, NY
"Atmospheric ambiguity and a love of structure are long-time preoccupations and both are central to my work. Driven by a persistent curiosity to see where the work will lead me, I wo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

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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