LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Saatchi Art, the world's leading online art gallery, today announced the shortlist for this year's New Sensations Prize, widely regarded as the most important annual prize for emerging artists in the U.K. The 25 shortlisted artists will show their work in the New Sensations exhibition in London opening on October 13^th.

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Launched in 2007 by Rebecca Wilson, chief curator of Saatchi Art, New Sensations supports the most imaginative and talented graduates from BA and MA courses across the U.K. and Republic of Ireland and presents their work to an international audience each year during Frieze Week. The New Sensations 2014 winner, chosen by judges and announced in October, will be awarded a cash prize to fund a studio for a year.

This year's judges are gallery founder and curator Ceri Hand, renowned artist Tom Hunter, arts writer Jessica Lack, Bloomberg New Contemporaries director Kirsty Ogg, and Saatchi Art chief curator Rebecca Wilson.

Absolut returns for a third year as the key partner with Saatchi Art on New Sensations. Absolut has chosen 3 artists from the shortlist of 25 to make a new work in response to the iconic Absolut bottle. The 3 artists are: Felicity Hammond, Emily Motto, and Jessica Ramm. Their new commissions exploring the theme of transformation will also be shown at the New Sensations exhibition.

In addition to the New Sensations exhibition on view during Frieze Week, all the entries will be exhibited on Saatchi Art (www.saatchiart.com). Those unable to attend the show in London can discover some of the UK's most promising emerging artists online at saatchiart.com/newsensations.

The New Sensations exhibition, held every October, is recognized as a not-to-miss art event during Frieze Week in London, offering collectors an unparalleled opportunity to see the most exciting emerging art from across the U.K. The New Sensations 2014 exhibition will take place at B1, Victoria House, Bloomsbury, London WC1, in a 22,000-square-foot venue exclusively represented by Location House. An online exhibition will also be available for viewing at saatchiart.com/newsensations.

Partnership with ABSOLUT

Absolut returns for a third year as the key partner with Saatchi Art on New Sensations. Absolut has a strong heritage of partnering with the creative community. Since the first reinterpretation by Andy Warhol in the early 1980s, the brand has invited hundreds of artists and designers to create thousands of adaptations of the iconic Absolut bottle. This year at New Sensations, Absolut invites participating artists to join the long line of collaborators, by creating their own design and transforming the bottle.

About SAATCHI ART

Saatchi Art features the world's largest selection of original art and helps people all over the world to find art and artists they love. The site offers over 400,000 original paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography by more than 45,000 emerging artists from 100 countries. Saatchi Art is redefining the experience of buying and selling art by providing art lovers with free art advisory services and an expertly curated selection of art, while giving artists a convenient and welcoming environment in which to exhibit and sell their work. To discover the world of Saatchi Art, please visit www.saatchiart.com.

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