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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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Print, Sans titre, Jim Bird

Sans titre

Jim Bird

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$596

Painting, Chomp Chomp, Rico Sab

Chomp Chomp

Rico Sab

Painting - 130 x 195 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1 inch

$2,623

Print, Lory, James Jean

Lory

James Jean

Print - 35.6 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$2,384

Print, Reappropriation, Kurar

Reappropriation

Kurar

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$745

Print, Letter lover, Nasty

Letter lover

Nasty

Print - 40 x 40 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$596

Print, Agora, Marc Prat

Agora

Marc Prat

Print - 62 x 96 cm Print - 24.4 x 37.8 inch

$656

Sculpture, Blue Heart, cObo

Blue Heart

cObo

Sculpture - 25.9 x 15 x 17 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 5.9 x 6.7 inch

$954

Painting, TJ4E, Stefano Mazzolini

TJ4E

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 90 x 90 x 8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 3.1 inch

$834

Print, Seal N°17, L'Atlas

Seal N°17

L'Atlas

Print - 69 x 71 cm Print - 27.2 x 28 inch

$775

Design, Monkey Lamp, Fat

Monkey Lamp

Fat

Design - 70 x 50 x 25 cm Design - 27.6 x 19.7 x 9.8 inch

$2,980

Painting, Abstract 15, Mr.Oreke

Abstract 15

Mr.Oreke

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,669

Print, Mist, Vhils

Mist

Vhils

Print - 42 x 29.7 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.7 inch

$1,299

Sculpture, Hay, Shelby

Hay

Shelby

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

$834 $751

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Sysiphe

Levalet

Painting - 64 x 54 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.4 inch

$2,861

Print, Untitled, Antoni Tapies

Untitled

Antoni Tapies

Print - 77 x 57 cm Print - 30.3 x 22.4 inch

$2,980 $2,533

Fine Art Drawings, Regard à droite, Jéko

Regard à droite

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,431 $1,287

Print, Love in pandemia, Okuda

Love in pandemia

Okuda

Print - 66 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 26 x 26 x 0.1 inch

$1,073

Painting, Pink Child, Jef Aérosol

Pink Child

Jef Aérosol

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,219

Painting, Fashion, Nathalie Cubéro

Fashion

Nathalie Cubéro

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.25 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$656

Painting, Fairytail, James Chiew

Fairytail

James Chiew

Painting - 120 x 240 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch

$33,976

Painting, SF 89-153, Sam Francis

SF 89-153

Sam Francis

Painting - 67 x 51 cm Painting - 26.4 x 20.1 inch

$101,331

Painting, Trio à cordes I., Arman

Trio à cordes I.

Arman

Painting - 200 x 150 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 inch

$32,783

Sculpture, Funny doggy, Patrick Cornée

Funny doggy

Patrick Cornée

Sculpture - 36 x 35 x 15 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 13.8 x 5.9 inch

$2,265 $1,812

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