Antony Daley, Herefrom
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Main reasons to invest
Return potential📈: An investment of €500 could reach an estimated value of €1,211 in 4 years.
Cost-to-return ratio⚖️: After deducting 3.3% in annual total costs, your net return could reach 24.8% per year.
Upcoming Institutional Momentum 🌍: Anthony Daley is set to enter a decisive institutional phase, with major museum exhibitions scheduled and recent acquisitions by leading public collections. This accelerating curatorial endorsement signals a potential inflection point in long-term visibility and market relevance.
Description
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Investment Horizon | 2–4 years (target exit 2028–2030) |
| Potential Net ROI p.a. (Balanced) | 24.8% p.a. |
| Potential Net ROI p.a. (Ambitious) | 31.1% p.a. |
| Price Verification (Pre-Fees) | -25.3% vs. current gallery pricing |
| Price Verification (Post-Fees) | -15.3% vs. current gallery pricing |
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.84 (vs. SMI: 0.61) |
| Value at Risk (VaR) | 95% probability to exceed initial investment after 4 years |
| Standard Deviation | 31.0% |
- 2–4 Year Horizon: Targeted exit between 2028 and 2030, aligned with the artist’s accelerating institutional momentum and upcoming major market catalysts.
- 24.8% Net ROI p.a. (Balanced): Balanced = 65% probability of achieving the CAGR from 01/2021 - 01/2026 of 30.2%. These potential returns over the next four years are further enhanced by the 25.3% discount at which the painting is offered compared to the current gallery price for comparable paintings (213 x 167 cm).
- 31.1% Net ROI p.a. (Ambitious): Ambitious = 85% probability of achieving the CAGR from 01/2021 - 01/2026 of 30.2%. These potential returns over the next four years are further enhanced by the 25.3% discount at which the painting is offered compared to the current gallery price for comparable paintings (213 x 167 cm).
- -25.3% Entry Discount (Pre-Fees): Acquisition below current gallery prices, providing immediate upside potential and an added margin of safety.
- Sharpe Ratio of 0.84: Indicates a moderate risk-adjusted return profile, outperforming the SMI’s five-year benchmark (0.61).
- VaR 94.59%: High confidence in capital preservation—strong downside protection relative to many collectibles and alternative assets.
- Standard Deviation (31.0%): Reflects moderate volatility consistent with rapidly ascending contemporary artists with increasing institutional traction.
Contemporary art has shown consistent long-term appreciation driven by cultural relevance, growing global collector bases, and strong institutional demand. When an artist gains museum recognition and gallery representation at the upper tier, early works often experience accelerated value growth. High-quality unique paintings by rising contemporary artists offer a blend of scarcity, narrative depth, and market momentum – especially when pricing sits below current gallery benchmarks.
Anthony Daley is a Caribbean-British abstract expressionist painter born in Jamaica in 1960. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s and has lived in south London ever since.
He received his bachelor's degree in fine art from Wimbledon School of Art in 1982 and his master's degree in fine art from Chelsea School of Art in 1983. In 1984, Daley was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Painting Fellowship.
Since graduating from the Chelsea College of Arts in the early 80s, the artist has become increasingly celebrated for his captivating ability to seamlessly blend vibrant colors in an explosive and overwhelming fugue, presenting other worldly meditations that provide a unique portal to the infinite and engaging the viewer in a compelling dialogue between tradition and the dynamic aspects of modernity.
When Daley's Greenwich studio was sold in the mid-1990s, he took his only break from painting, traveling in the US and Europe and seeking a more secure financial footing for his life. On his return to London, however, he took on a new space in Deptford, where he has worked ever since.
Since the 1990s, he has also been teaching with Chris Ofili among his former students at Chelsea College of Art.
Although deeply grounded in abstraction, Daley's works have often begun by painting still life arrangements, which he then reworks until they lose their form and evoke an emotional response.
The improvisational drips of paint and explosive color fields that recur across his canvases are indicative of his dedication to the raw physical act of painting and demonstrate the central importance Daley has always placed on the process of art-making itself and, above all, searching for new painterly possibilities. He is a man whose entire career has been defined by the pursuit of beauty, producing works of phosphorescent transcendence that tip a nod the painterly genius of the Old Masters while, simultaneously, communicating something vital and contemporary.
Daley started exhibiting in 1983 with the Flowers Gallery in London after being awarded the first-ever Artist of the Day. Since then, he has shown his work in numerous galleries and museums, including the Barbican Arts Centre in London (1990), the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY (1999), and the Pulchri Studio in The Hague (2014).
His works are held in prestigious public collections, including Tate Britain, the National Portrait Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, The Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, and more recently, the V&A, the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, and The Art Institute of Chicago. They are also included in notable private collections such as those of the Royal Family of England, François Pinault, Laurence Graff, and Dakis Joannou. He also held an acclaimed exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery titled “Son of Rubens” (August 27, 2022 - April 2, 2023).
- Selected Solo Shows:
- 2026 – Upcoming
- A solo show at the new blue-chip gallery, London, UK, is scheduled for September
- A selling exhibition at Sotheby’s, London, UK, is scheduled for June
- A show at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, is scheduled for May-July
- A show at the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK, is scheduled for March-April
- An exhibition is planned at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, for March
- 2024
- “Irreality - Antony Daley”, Varvara Roza Galleries in collaboration with The Blender Gally, London, UK
- “Swan Paintings”, Flowers Gallery (Viewing Room), London, UK
- 2023
- “Anthony Daley”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- 2022
- “Anthony Daley: Son of Rubens”, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
- 2021
- “Anthony Daley: Corporeality”, Gallery OCA, London, UK
- Selected Group Shows:
- 2024
- “42nd Edition: Small is Beautiful”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- “Moonlighting (a bite on the side)”, Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT) Gallery, London, UK
- “Resonant Harmonies”, Standing Pine Gallery, Nagoya & Tokyo, Japan
- 2022
- “Atlantic World Art Fair”, Gallery OCA, Online on Artsy platform
- 2021
- “The Summer Exhibition”, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
- “Gift”, Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT) Gallery, London, UK
- “The Cast of Things”, Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT) Gallery, London, UK
- “Autumn Attic”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- 2020
- “Can’t Stop Our Flow”, JM Gallery, London, UK
- “25”, Art in Perpetuity Trust (APT) Gallery, London, UK
- 2015
- “Small is Beautiful”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- 2014
- “Small is Beautiful”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
- 2010
- “Depford Painters”, Arch Gallery, London, UK
Rubens was celebrated for his mastery of color and texture through the medium of paint, a skill that inspired Daley to explore how the art of the past continues to provide rich material for contemporary reinterpretation. Through the lens of abstraction, Daley’s works echo Rubens in their use of shades, shapes, and tonal contrasts, particularly the soft hues of white and pink. This series of works reflects Daley’s innovative approach to channeling historical influences into fresh, modern expressions.
Anthony Daley’s Herefrom (2022) represents an opportunity to access a unique, museum-relevant work at an entry level materially below current gallery pricing for comparable large-scale paintings. With a 2–4 year horizon, a meaningful entry discount, and multiple near-term institutional and market catalysts, the asset is positioned for attractive upside while maintaining a measured risk-return profile for a contemporary art investment.
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