Contemporary Artists
Artsper now offers more than 200,000 works of art and design objects from the best galleries around the world. Every day, new contemporary artists and galleries join our catalog, as Europe's leading online art dealer. Meet the most important names in the history of modern and contemporary art, young stars of today's market, and emerging talents who are already shaping the future. Painters, photographers, draughstmen, sculptors or designers… Find them all on Artsper!
If one is to understand today's art market, one needs to understand modern art and the advent of contemporary art as we know it. Let's start in 1907, when Cubism became the first movement to radically emancipate itself from the realistic representation of subjects. The leaders of this movement? Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger. In 1924, Surrealism continued on this quest, aiming to remove all boundaries between the real and the unreal. Artists such as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, or Max Ernst propose their own conception of the world, distorted according to the perceptions of each. Their unique approaches and artistic practices continue to inspire young artists even today.
From 1945 onwards, experts generally consider that we are moving from modern art to contemporary art, with the major difference that artists give less importance to the medium used than to the creative idea.
Inspired by the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism, Cubism but also Dadaism (think of Marcel Duchamp) from the 1950s and 1960s, artists push the reflection on abstraction much further. Minimalistic art then appeared, as well as conceptual art. In contrast to the abstract expressionists (such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko or Jackson Pollock), the great names of these movements include, for example, Frank Stella or Sol Lewitt.
Pop art opens a new pictorial trend in the visual arts. This artistic movement was inspired by the consumer society in which it evolved. It uses the latest technologies to create colorful works, in the image of pop culture personalities for example. The two great undisputed masters of Pop art are Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
From the 1980s onwards, it was the street artists who gained importance on the art market. For a long time considered as a vandal art, Street art now enjoys a much important status, as it is shown in galleries and international museums. You can also find works of famous street artists in prestigious private collections around the world. Among these artists, let's mention Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey (Obey), JR, Aiko, JonOne, Miss.Tic...
In the Artsper catalog, sculptors have an important seat at the table. In small or large format, they work with all materials (wood, steel, bronze, ceramics or resin) and exploit all color palettes. Some are world-renowned and others are stars on the rise: You can acquire original work by Niki de Saint Phalle, Takashi Murakami or even Jeff Koons as well as emerging talents such as Daniel Arsham and Richard Orlinski.
Finally, Artsper also offers contemporary artists who are masters in digital art. This genre, which is also a medium, has exploded in the last decade thanks to new technologies and a strong interest in innovative and disruptive art. They operate outside the ultra-virtual sphere of NFTs and AI (artificial intelligence)-generated works, but these contemporary digital artists produce in a 100% digital way. They explore abstract as well as figurative art, and are inspired by hyperrealism as well as futurism. They form the pioneer generation of 21st century art. Among them, you can discover for example the work of Valentin Pavageau, La Robotte and Edwin Wide Donnart.
The diversity of styles and mediums is one of Artsper's core values, allowing everyone to find exactly what they need. Let yourself be carried away by the multitude of talents in Artsper’s catalog and go with your heart... Now it’s up to you to pick your perfect piece!
Featured Artists
The artists you should be keeping an eye on
Tic
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Chromointerference manipulable la difference
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 3.9 inch
$12,044
Cromovela triptych 13
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 13 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 19.7 x 5.1 inch
$21,430
Couleur a l’espace ariel
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sculpture - 52 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$13,853
Couleur à l’espace nova
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sculpture - 52 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$13,853
Simon Findlay
I Keep Thinking This Is Over, This Is Not Over / Red Green Purple Blue
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,149
Lime Arc Over Pink Red
Simon Findlay
Painting - 175 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 68.9 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Lots Of Fish, All Swimming
Simon Findlay
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
In The Morning / Oil Painting 18
Simon Findlay
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Talking Fast / Magenta Tulips On Dark Green
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,149
Enjoy Today, While It’s Here
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,149
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Dream garden V
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$519 $468
Garden of Love
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Sculpture - 37 x 45 x 2 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$554
Dream garden VI
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$451 $407
Soft abstraction VI
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch
$2,940 $2,646
Elegance Glory II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$667
Expression with Movement I
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 60 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Dréa
Jean-Michel Folon
Le coeur et l'équilibriste
Jean-Michel Folon
Painting - 77 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 37 x 1.2 inch
$995
I'm writing from the Rocky Mountains
Jean-Michel Folon
Print - 79 x 87 x 0.3 cm Print - 31.1 x 34.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,696
Illustration for Ray Bradbury’s the martian chronicles (3)
Jean-Michel Folon
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,244
Julian Opie
Heads Ian Cutout
Julian Opie
Sculpture - 35.8 x 33.9 x 10 cm Sculpture - 14.1 x 13.3 x 3.9 inch
$12,440
Yohan Storti
J’ai demandé à la lune
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,262
Minotaure Escape Game
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$475
La complainte de la butte
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,262
Marie France Garrigues
L'Empire State Building (Vue 2)
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Place Dauphine
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Le Brooklyn Brigde
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Le Confinement
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Le Flatiron Building
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,979
Rue Cortot, rus du Mont Cenis
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$735
Who is there
Marie France Garrigues
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,940
Vasya Dmytryk
Teslamobile IIIIII
Vasya Dmytryk
Sculpture - 42 x 29 x 16 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 11.4 x 6.3 inch
$1,210
Teslamobile IIIII
Vasya Dmytryk
Sculpture - 51 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$2,010
Giacomo Manzú
Dan Baldwin
Fragmented Landscape (3D)
Dan Baldwin
Design - 36 x 22 x 22 cm Design - 14.2 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
$7,100
The Love of Pain (Pink and Silver)
Dan Baldwin
Sculpture - 25 x 18 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 7.1 inch
$4,300
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,800
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,100
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$11,300