Contemporary artworks for sale

Over 200,000 pieces. That's the number of contemporary artworks and design objects currently available on Artsper. Every day, new artists and galleries from all over the world join us and trust us to showcase their work. On Artsper, all mediums have a place of choice: painting, drawing, photography, editions and sculpture.

The generic term "contemporary art" refers to all works produced in the recent period, that is to say between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. However, there is not only one type of contemporary art. It can cover as many forms as there are artists, if not more. Contemporary art, while taking into account the individualities and the cultural specificities, takes life at the world level, in a globalized society and constantly in movement. Thus, the materials used, the processes of creation and the subjects treated by the contemporary art works often reflect these interconnections. But one constant remains, artists perpetually question the established artistic order.

Even if they are often confused, there are many differences between modern and contemporary art, notably the idea that contemporary art works are more conceptual and privilege the creative idea to the support used.

Nevertheless, the distinction between these two movements can also be purely temporal. Any work realized after 1945 can be called "contemporary". At the beginning of the 20th century, the movements followed one another according to the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte), Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger) and Dadaism (Marcel Duchamp). From the 1950s and 1960s, artists pushed the reflection on abstraction even further. This is the birth of minimalist art as well as conceptual art. In opposition to the abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, the leaders of these movements are notably Frank Stella and Sol Lewitt.

Pop art is one of the first artistic movements to emerge from contemporary art. It was the work of a whole generation caught up in the whirlwind of consumer society. Pop art uses new technologies and very bright colors to portray (sometimes ironically) this globalized world in transition. The precursors of this pictorial technique are Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, whose modern paintings represent icons of the time such as Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.

Born in the 1960s in Philadelphia, street art became popular in the 1980s. Illegal and controversial at first, it now occupies a major place in modern art museums, galleries and private collections. Paintings, stencil drawings, collages, sculpture, tags, graffiti... On Artsper, discover original contemporary artworks as well as prints by the greatest street artists: Shepard Fairey (Obey), JonOne, Aiko, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol and many others. But our catalog also highlights young stars and talents of the emerging scene, such as Death NYC or Jérôme Mesnager.

Today, contemporary art exists in many forms, more or less inspired by the movements that have shaped modern history. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a multidisciplinary creation, an interest for creation coming from the four corners of the world, and the emergence of markets on different continents. Contemporary artworks also denote a meteoric growth in digital art, as evidenced by the recent boom in NFTs and AI (artificial intelligence)-generated art. As with all art forms, we see a globalized interest in innovative and disruptive contemporary artworks as much as in work that aims to revive the more traditional forms of fine art.

Whether you're a budding collector or a seasoned buyer, a home decorator or an art history buff, now is the time to express your personality by exploring the collections of our 1,800 partner galleries, which are constantly being updated with new works of contemporary art. Your perfect piece is waiting for you, now it's up to you to find it!

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Sculpture, Hay, Shelby

Hay

Shelby

Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch

€700

Painting, Blue Sun, Shelby

Shelby

Painting - 130 x 130 x 0.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.2 inch

€4,200

Print, Strata #23, Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

Print - 101.5 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 40 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€780

Print, La cène, Peppone

Peppone

Print - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€3,400

Print, Balance, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 25.5 x 22.5 x 1 cm Print - 10 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch

€648

Print, Riot Act, Dface

Dface

Print - 91 x 61 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.8 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€800

Print, Diavasi, Yoann Merienne

Yoann Merienne

Print - 58 x 110 cm Print - 22.8 x 43.3 inch

€800

Painting, Régate, Pierrick Tual

Pierrick Tual

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€720

Print, Sans-titre, Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Print - 38 x 28 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch

€650

Painting, Fields 9.9, Joëlle Cabanne

Joëlle Cabanne

Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 1 inch

€800

Print, Flowers II,, Tony Soulié

Tony Soulié

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Festival, Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.2 inch

€800

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Fine Art Drawings, Sies Marjan, Manuel Santelices

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

€714

Print, Sans Titre, Yann Kebbi

Yann Kebbi

Print - 72 x 91 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.3 x 35.8 x 0 inch

€500

Painting, 57 de 2019, Jérôme Mesnager

Jérôme Mesnager

Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€500 €450

Painting, Kristina 2, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Phoenix, Anna Privaloff

Anna Privaloff

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,000 €1,900

Fine Art Drawings, Drawing 435, Sumit Mehndiratta

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€800

Print, Albert Einstein, Aiiroh

Aiiroh

Print - 75 x 75 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch

€650

Painting, Composition 301, Xiu

Xiu

Painting - 50 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€700 €630

Painting, Like a Prayer, Crescentia K.

Crescentia K.

Painting - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,700

Print, Puro Amor, Pablito Mourer

Pablito Mourer

Print - 75 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€550

Sculpture, 53, Jérôme Mesnager

53

Jérôme Mesnager

Sculpture - 28 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch

€600

Painting, Angus Young, Martin

Martin

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€550

Print, Dream, Insane 51

Insane 51

Print - 70 x 70 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€1,490 €1,341

Painting, Untitled 2, Sara Chaar

Sara Chaar

Painting - 42 x 30 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 inch

€759

Painting, Pink arch, Procach Olesia

Procach Olesia

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€615

Painting, Dance dance dance, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Enchanted Glade, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Print, Paris verte, M.Chat

M.Chat

Print - 44 x 35 cm Print - 17.3 x 13.8 inch

€350

Print, On est tous fous, Ben

Ben

Print - 40 x 50 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

€1,800

Painting, The gun, Erró

Erró

Painting - 162 x 97 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 inch

€75,000

Sculpture, Oval – black, Go Segawa

Go Segawa

Sculpture - 24.8 x 11.9 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€700

Painting, Dallas, Nash

Nash

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€750

Painting, Summertime, Vera Hoi

Vera Hoi

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€536

Painting, Basta, Jéko

Jéko

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

Sculpture, Green dress, Emily Starck

Emily Starck

Sculpture - 24 x 14 x 12 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 5.5 x 4.7 inch

€800

Painting, Enfance, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Rouge, Tanya Lytko

Tanya Lytko

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Photography, Keyhole, Alain Boccard

Alain Boccard

Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€690

Painting, No rules, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 55 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,038

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