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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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Painting, Wonderful, Stoz

Wonderful

Stoz

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

$809

Painting, Pousse-Moi, Antoine Josse

Pousse-Moi

Antoine Josse

Painting - 99.8 x 99.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.3 x 39.3 x 2 inch

$3,600

Painting, KISSémoi 2, Isafara

KISSémoi 2

Isafara

Painting - 140 x 180 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 70.9 x 0.1 inch

$925

Print, Mist, Vhils

Mist

Vhils

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

$1,260

Painting, La sportive, Sylvie Eudes

La sportive

Sylvie Eudes

Painting - 25 x 25 x 4 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

$925

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

$3,121

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

$1,387

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

$1,040

Design, Monkey Lamp, Fat

Monkey Lamp

Fat

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

$2,890 $2,312

Painting, Eiffel Tower, Vianney

Eiffel Tower

Vianney

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

$4,970

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

$925

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

$636

Painting, Bart attack, Onemizer

Bart attack

Onemizer

Painting - 49 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

$3,410

Painting, SF 89-153, Sam Francis

SF 89-153

Sam Francis

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

$98,249

Painting, La bouée, Maude Ovize

La bouée

Maude Ovize

Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,387

Print, Toxic, Erik Parker

Toxic

Erik Parker

Print - 75.9 x 55.9 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

$3,500 $2,625

Sculpture, Victoria, Bruno Roudil

Victoria

Bruno Roudil

Sculpture - 62 x 35 x 18 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 13.8 x 7.1 inch

$5,201

Painting, Limbic II, Michael Grine

Limbic II

Michael Grine

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 8.9 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 3.5 inch

$4,000

Photography, Keyhole, Alain Boccard

Keyhole

Alain Boccard

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

$798

Painting, Fairytail, James Chiew

Fairytail

James Chiew

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

$32,942

Painting, Sysiphe, Levalet

Sysiphe

Levalet

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

$2,774

Painting, Pink leaves, Andrei Sitsko

Pink leaves

Andrei Sitsko

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

$1,040

Painting, God Has No Religion, Nebay

God Has No Religion

Nebay

Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$4,277

Print, L'Acrobate, Marc Chagall

L'Acrobate

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

$1,167

Print, Truck Prow, Nick Walker

Truck Prow

Nick Walker

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,734 $1,560

Painting, Silhi, Eric Robin

Silhi

Eric Robin

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,907

Print, No Home, James Rielly

No Home

James Rielly

Print - 90 x 64.8 cm Print - 35.4 x 25.5 inch

$578

Sculpture, Le regard perdu, Marc Petit

Le regard perdu

Marc Petit

Sculpture - 36 x 19.5 x 18 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 7.7 x 7.1 inch

$4,855

Print, Valentine’s day, Seaty

Valentine’s day

Seaty

Print - 90 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,774

Painting, Inonic Bubble, Cope2

Inonic Bubble

Cope2

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,890

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