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Photography, Sight, Arnaud Ele

Sight

Arnaud Ele

Photography - 46.8 x 33.1 x 0 inch

$903

Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens

La montée des eaux

Fabienne Cresens

Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

$1,242

Photography, Norma Jean in red (Marilyn Monroe 1945), André de Dienes

Norma Jean in red (Marilyn Monroe 1945)

André de Dienes

Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch

$779

Photography, Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series, Yang Du

Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series

Yang Du

Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$2,259

Photography, Marlon Brando Life Magazine, Bert Stern

Marlon Brando Life Magazine

Bert Stern

Photography - 13 x 18.9 inch

$4,404

Photography, Marilyn looking up in the wedding veil, Bert Stern

Marilyn looking up in the wedding veil

Bert Stern

Photography - 18.9 x 13 inch

$2,812

Photography, Sans titre 51, Bruno Fournier

Sans titre 51

Bruno Fournier

Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,242

Photography, La montée des eaux (2), Fabienne Cresens

La montée des eaux (2)

Fabienne Cresens

Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

$1,242

Photography, Diane Kruger 4, Bruno Fournier

Diane Kruger 4

Bruno Fournier

Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,694

Photography, Lakuru, John Kenny

Lakuru

John Kenny

Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Photography, Johnny Hallyday. Milan 1986, Francis Apesteguy

Johnny Hallyday. Milan 1986

Francis Apesteguy

Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$508

Photography, Kilian, Alexis Berg

Kilian

Alexis Berg

Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$599

Photography, Sans titre #6, Thierry Valencin

Sans titre #6

Thierry Valencin

Photography - 18.5 x 15.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,581

Photography, Untitled #25, Fall off wonderland series, Yang Du

Untitled #25, Fall off wonderland series

Yang Du

Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$903

Photography, Jeune touareg, Emmanuelle Barbaras

Jeune touareg

Emmanuelle Barbaras

Photography - 17.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$791

Photography, Ondine, Sylvie Schambill

Ondine

Sylvie Schambill

Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$260

Photography, Femme Rouge, Pierre Casbas

Femme Rouge

Pierre Casbas

Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch

$327

Photography, Brigitte, Pierre Casbas

Brigitte

Pierre Casbas

Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch

$327

Photography, Intelligence Artificielle 2, Pierre Casbas

Intelligence Artificielle 2

Pierre Casbas

Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch

$327

Photography, 5MV, Pierre Casbas

5MV

Pierre Casbas

Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch

$327

Photography, 3MV, Pierre Casbas

3MV

Pierre Casbas

Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 inch

$327

Photography, François Gabart, Maud Bernos

François Gabart

Maud Bernos

Photography - 5.9 x 5.9 inch

$294

Photography, Femme de la tribu des Massai. Kenya, Dominique Leroy

Femme de la tribu des Massai. Kenya

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,581

Photography, Ethiopie. Fête du Meskal, Dominique Leroy

Ethiopie. Fête du Meskal

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,581

Photography, Ayrton Senna. Imola. 1994. Stop et Fin..., Dominique Leroy

Ayrton Senna. Imola. 1994. Stop et Fin...

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,694

Photography, Stone Faces #2, Anthony Lanneretonne

Stone Faces #2

Anthony Lanneretonne

Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$514

Photography, Stone Faces #1, Anthony Lanneretonne

Stone Faces #1

Anthony Lanneretonne

Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$514

Photography, Regard appuyé pour ce singe. Afrique du sud, Dominique Leroy

Regard appuyé pour ce singe. Afrique du sud

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,581

Photography, Ayrton Senna. Imola. Italie. Dernière concentration avant le drame., Dominique Leroy

Ayrton Senna. Imola. Italie. Dernière concentration avant le drame.

Dominique Leroy

Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,694

Photography, Épreuves A, Zakari Babel

Épreuves A

Zakari Babel

Photography - 14.2 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

$68

Photography, La montée des eaux, Fabienne Cresens

La montée des eaux

Fabienne Cresens

Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

Sold

Photography, Cleopatra / Liz Taylor, Bert Stern

Cleopatra / Liz Taylor

Bert Stern

Photography - 18.1 x 11.8 inch

Sold

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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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