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![Painting, Goldfish XLIII, Daniel Loveday](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seasonal Contrasts, Cristina Stefan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045145_1_grid.jpg)
Seasonal Contrasts
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.2 inch
$473
![Painting, Boats on water - abstract Seascape, Cristina Stefan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045139_1_grid.jpg)
Boats on water - abstract Seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 20.3 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 8 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$491
![Photography, Seal of Treasures, Cheraine Collette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948404_1_grid.jpg)
Seal of Treasures
Cheraine Collette
Photography - 67 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,354
![Painting, Bay view, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1941030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grinda Yacht, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stones in the Sea, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1735524_1_grid.jpg)
Stones in the Sea
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$800
![Photography, Undercurrents, Jessica Houston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647474_1_grid.jpg)
Undercurrents
Jessica Houston
Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,124
![Painting, The little Yelcho steamed cheerily along through gale and gleam, climbing up and down those seas of the Southern Ocean that ran unbroken round the world.., Jessica Houston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645833_1_grid.jpg)
The little Yelcho steamed cheerily along through gale and gleam, climbing up and down those seas of the Southern Ocean that ran unbroken round the world..
Jessica Houston
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2 inch
$2,012
![Painting, When I was little more than a child my imagination was caught by a newspaper account of the voyage of the Belgica…, Jessica Houston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645827_1_grid.jpg)
When I was little more than a child my imagination was caught by a newspaper account of the voyage of the Belgica…
Jessica Houston
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2 inch
$2,012
![Painting, That evening, in the long orange twilight of October, we saw the topmast of the Yelcho go down the north horizon, over the edge of the world, leaving us to ice, and silence, and the Pole., Jessica Houston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645809_1_grid.jpg)
That evening, in the long orange twilight of October, we saw the topmast of the Yelcho go down the north horizon, over the edge of the world, leaving us to ice, and silence, and the Pole.
Jessica Houston
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2 inch
$2,012
![Painting, But then, the backside of heroism is often rather sad; women and servants know that …But the achievement is smaller than men think. What is large is the sky, the earth, the sea, the soul., Jessica Houston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645791_1_grid.jpg)
But then, the backside of heroism is often rather sad; women and servants know that …But the achievement is smaller than men think. What is large is the sky, the earth, the sea, the soul.
Jessica Houston
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 2 inch
$2,012
![Painting, Underwater painting Forest of the Red Sea (was created underwater), Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636605_1_grid.jpg)
Underwater painting Forest of the Red Sea (was created underwater)
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,337
![Painting, Golfstream, Robin Fougeront](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1623942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rivage ensoleillé, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mouillage au sud, Pierrick Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541592_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Riders of the Côte Fleurie, Calvados, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540695_1_grid.jpg)
The Riders of the Côte Fleurie, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
$559
![Photography, The Fisherman, Calvados, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540692_1_grid.jpg)
The Fisherman, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
$559
![Photography, The Adventurer of Bohinj 02 color, Slovenia, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540674_1_grid.jpg)
The Adventurer of Bohinj 02 color, Slovenia
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$559
![Photography, The Pontoon, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540083_1_grid.jpg)
The Pontoon, Peru
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$559
![Photography, Uapameku, Tadoussac, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1535694_1_grid.jpg)
Uapameku, Tadoussac
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 56.25 x 90 cm Photography - 22.1 x 35.4 inch
$559
![Photography, In the wake of a giant, Tadoussac, Nathan Soulez-Larivière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1535676_1_grid.jpg)
In the wake of a giant, Tadoussac
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 51 x 90 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 inch
$559
![Painting, Los Escullos, Anne Marie Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527969_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chapmans Peak, Anne Marie Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527963_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nerja Sunset, Anne Marie Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527954_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Survol de Anse des châteaux en coucher de soleil. Guadeloupe, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479930_1_grid.jpg)
Survol de Anse des châteaux en coucher de soleil. Guadeloupe
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$671
![Painting, Seascape, Jia Yuan Hua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375287_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflets solaires, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1360995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sightseeing No.7, Jia Yuan Hua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Sail and the Sea, Ruslana Levandovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1272684_1_grid.jpg)
The Sail and the Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 69.9 x 90.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.75 inch
$2,600
![Painting, Sea sunset swell n*5 - Italian painting, Bruno Di Giulio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172390_1_grid.jpg)
Sea sunset swell n*5 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$727
![Painting, Lighthouse in the storm, Savvas Christodoulou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161039_1_grid.jpg)
Lighthouse in the storm
Savvas Christodoulou
Painting - 29.5 x 42 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,286
![Painting, Purple lighthouse, Savvas Christodoulou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161035_1_grid.jpg)
Purple lighthouse
Savvas Christodoulou
Painting - 29.5 x 42 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,286
![Print, Bahia 23 photo 04, Isa Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159572_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bahia 23 photo 03, Isa Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159571_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bahia 23 photo 01, Isa Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Azul mar y cielo, Begoña Muñoz Navarro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157890_1_grid.jpg)
Azul mar y cielo
Begoña Muñoz Navarro
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$626
![Photography, Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN, Florian Hunger-Pegof](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145582_1_grid.jpg)
Muse au téléphone monumental 1972 MATHAUSEN
Florian Hunger-Pegof
Photography - 100 x 120 x 0.75 cm Photography - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.3 inch
$5,478
![Painting, El pez rojo XII, Paco Muñoz Santana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141466_1_grid.jpg)
El pez rojo XII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$615
![Painting, In platoon, Rocio Ahnert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Galathea Polyphemus, Rocio Ahnert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137830_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fire or Sunset? (II), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136834_1_grid.jpg)
Fire or Sunset? (II)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Greenland landscape, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134708_1_grid.jpg)
Greenland landscape
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$280
![Painting, Abs_Corals, Tani Telas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121516_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fire or Sunset?, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109492_1_grid.jpg)
Fire or Sunset?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, Why does ice float on water?, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109489_1_grid.jpg)
Why does ice float on water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$280
![Photography, David & Goliath, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109486_1_grid.jpg)
David & Goliath
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, Mist - Ice project, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109483_1_grid.jpg)
Mist - Ice project
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, David & Goliath II, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109480_1_grid.jpg)
David & Goliath II
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, Alter egos, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109477_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Big Rock & Small Rocks, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109474_1_grid.jpg)
Big Rock & Small Rocks
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, Lullaby time, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109468_1_grid.jpg)
Lullaby time
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
![Photography, Red Night, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109465_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Greenland #1, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le petit bateau de l'Ile de Ré, Blanche Bérat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077476_1_grid.jpg)
Le petit bateau de l'Ile de Ré
Blanche Bérat
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$878
![Painting, Promeneurs sur la plage, Gaston Sebire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971735_1_grid.jpg)
Promeneurs sur la plage
Gaston Sebire
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,031
![Painting, Sea swell n*1 - Italian painting, Bruno Di Giulio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962144_1_grid.jpg)
Sea swell n*1 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Méditerranée, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953771_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Jacques Coquillay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1928370_1_grid.jpg)
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
Jacques Coquillay
Painting - 65 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,130
![Photography, Iceland #17 (Jökulsárlón), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777386_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #17 (Jökulsárlón)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #14 (Reynisfiara), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777377_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #14 (Reynisfiara)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #13 (Ljótipollur), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777368_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #13 (Ljótipollur)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #11 (Vestrahorn), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777362_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #11 (Vestrahorn)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #6 (Dyrhólaey), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777347_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #6 (Dyrhólaey)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #5 (Jökulsárlón), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777344_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #5 (Jökulsárlón)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #4 (Jökulsárlón), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777341_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #4 (Jökulsárlón)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #3 (Jökulsárlón), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777338_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #3 (Jökulsárlón)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Photography, Iceland #2 (Jökulsárlón), Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777335_1_grid.jpg)
Iceland #2 (Jökulsárlón)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 50 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$134
![Painting, Reflected Moonlight, Tiffany Blaise](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1772142_1_grid.jpg)
Reflected Moonlight
Tiffany Blaise
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$604
![Painting, Searching for light, Rina Mamani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1760343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sun spots, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1732119_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Warm Ice Mountain, Renata Dyk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mountain Shadow, Renata Dyk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683909_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Vietnam, Chau Doc, Batelier, Eric Benard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680714_1_grid.jpg)
Vietnam, Chau Doc, Batelier
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$727
![Photography, Sandbanks, Dorset, UK, John Kendrick Dobson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626327_1_grid.jpg)
Sandbanks, Dorset, UK
John Kendrick Dobson
Photography - 62 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 24.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,299
![Painting, On the wave, Juffrouw Springtouw](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616022_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The clearing sky, deep in the sea and an amethyst somewhere downthere, Bianca Dakli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583106_1_grid.jpg)
The clearing sky, deep in the sea and an amethyst somewhere downthere
Bianca Dakli
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,157
![Painting, Inklined to Float Through Dimensions Seamlessly, Joey Doyle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552983_1_grid.jpg)
Inklined to Float Through Dimensions Seamlessly
Joey Doyle
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,873
![Painting, Appearance, Tove Sparvath Holmøy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527795_1_grid.jpg)
Appearance
Tove Sparvath Holmøy
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,947
![Painting, Unchartered Waters, Jorunn Westad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527729_1_grid.jpg)
Unchartered Waters
Jorunn Westad
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,662
![Photography, Green Chair, Sam Dougados](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1415223_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Uno, Jerry Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201815_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Uno 2, Jerry Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201812_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1910 Bord de mer Seaside, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973509_1_grid.jpg)
1910 Bord de mer Seaside
Eugène Druet
Photography - 59 x 50 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.2 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,298
![Painting, Dazzled, Gultakin Nasibova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyage of Hope, Gultakin Nasibova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182842_1_grid.jpg)
Voyage of Hope
Gultakin Nasibova
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
![Painting, Gloomy, Gultakin Nasibova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182838_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serenity on the Horizon, Michael Milkin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172499_1_grid.jpg)
Serenity on the Horizon
Michael Milkin
Painting - 61.5 x 91.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,800
![Painting, Changement de cap... (Esprit Voile), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161792_1_grid.jpg)
Changement de cap... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,565
![Painting, Liberté... (Esprit Voile), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161789_1_grid.jpg)
Liberté... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,565
![Painting, Le temps suspendu... (Esprit voile), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161785_1_grid.jpg)
Le temps suspendu... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Course en mer... (Esprit Voile), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161781_1_grid.jpg)
Course en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
![Photography, Evasione Solitaria. Solo Escaping. Ireland, Tina Smeraldi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161056_1_grid.jpg)
Evasione Solitaria. Solo Escaping. Ireland
Tina Smeraldi
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,957
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!