Illustration

Fine Art Drawings, Candle, Stasele Jakunskaite

Candle

Stasele Jakunskaite

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm

$226

Fine Art Drawings, Marlow's thoughts (in his dark heart), Rhett Boland

Marlow's thoughts (in his dark heart)

Rhett Boland

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 1 cm

$2,666

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Aya Takano

Untitled

Aya Takano

Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 14.7 cm

$11,293

Fine Art Drawings, Strega, Fortunato Depero

Strega

Fortunato Depero

Fine Art Drawings - 31.4 x 23 cm

$9,034

Fine Art Drawings, La rivista del popolo d'Italia, Fortunato Depero

La rivista del popolo d'Italia

Fortunato Depero

Fine Art Drawings - 30.6 x 21 cm

$7,905

Fine Art Drawings, La Mouche - The Fly, Alex Konahin

La Mouche - The Fly

Alex Konahin

Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 33 x 1 cm

$2,259

Fine Art Drawings, Llega a la meta, sola... / Gets to the finish line, alone..., Joaquín Xaudaró

Llega a la meta, sola... / Gets to the finish line, alone...

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 11 cm

$1,468

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Joaquín Xaudaró

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 12 cm

$1,468

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Joaquín Xaudaró

Untitled

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 cm

$1,242

Fine Art Drawings, Citrus, Fortunato Depero

Citrus

Fortunato Depero

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21.1 cm

$9,034

Fine Art Drawings, Dessin / Sans titre, Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Dessin / Sans titre

Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya

Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 80 cm

$1,129

Fine Art Drawings, Le lutteur mexicain, Sandra Paris

Le lutteur mexicain

Sandra Paris

Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm

$202

Fine Art Drawings, ¿Quién es más pillo?, Joaquín Xaudaró

¿Quién es más pillo?

Joaquín Xaudaró

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Family, Edward Zelinsky

Family

Edward Zelinsky

Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm

$320

Fine Art Drawings, Party, Edward Zelinsky

Party

Edward Zelinsky

Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.5 cm

$350

Fine Art Drawings, Not quite there yet (still invisible), Rhett Boland

Not quite there yet (still invisible)

Rhett Boland

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 1 cm

$2,964

Fine Art Drawings, Migrant, Rosemary Achata

Migrant

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 cm

$452

Fine Art Drawings, Sheep, Rosemary Achata

Sheep

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 cm

$452

Fine Art Drawings, Spicy, Rosemary Achata

Spicy

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 23 cm

$282

Fine Art Drawings, Le fils de Ben-Hur, Michel Gourdon

Le fils de Ben-Hur

Michel Gourdon

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 39.5 x 1 cm

$553

Fine Art Drawings, Pas d'horizon, Korsé

Pas d'horizon

Korsé

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm

$508

Fine Art Drawings, Journey, Rosemary Achata

Journey

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 cm

$508

Fine Art Drawings, Cheese, Rosemary Achata

Cheese

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 cm

$452

Fine Art Drawings, La lutteuse mexicaine, Sandra Paris

La lutteuse mexicaine

Sandra Paris

Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm

$202

Fine Art Drawings, Le Papillon - The Butterfly, Alex Konahin

Le Papillon - The Butterfly

Alex Konahin

Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 33 x 1 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, La Convalescence, Gabrielle Rul

La Convalescence

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Histoires du Soir, Gabrielle Rul

Histoires du Soir

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Le Libraire, Gabrielle Rul

Le Libraire

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Sounds of Japan, Gabrielle Rul

Sounds of Japan

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Etude N°1 pour The Guardian of the hidden worlds, Caroline Huet

Etude N°1 pour The Guardian of the hidden worlds

Caroline Huet

Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 30 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Surprise, Rosemary Achata

Surprise

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Clair de lune, Gabrielle Rul

Clair de lune

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Sur deux notes, Gabrielle Rul

Sur deux notes

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Le temps de l'Attente, Gabrielle Rul

Le temps de l'Attente

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Le temps qui court, Gabrielle Rul

Le temps qui court

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 22 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, Le Confident, Gabrielle Rul

Le Confident

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, La Leçon de Piano, Gabrielle Rul

La Leçon de Piano

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 23 cm

Sold

Fine Art Drawings, La Nuit sur les Toits, Gabrielle Rul

La Nuit sur les Toits

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm

Sold

Illustration

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!

Read more