Xevi Solà, Samedi (2025)
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Main reasons to invest
Return Potential: An investment of €500 could reach an estimated value of €1,373 in 5 years.
Cost-to-Return Ratio: With just 3.1% annual total costs, your net profit could be 22.4% per year.
Emerging Market: Xevi Solà’s Samedi (2025) stands out through its recognisable neo-expressionist style, increasing international visibility, and rising collector demand, while the verified 28.2% discount to market after fees creates an attractive entry point with strong long-term upside potential.
Description
- 3–5 Year Horizon: Planned exit between 2029 and 2031 to capture continued market development and growing collector interest in Xevi Solà's distinctive figurative work.
- 22.4% Net ROI p.a. (Balanced): Based on a probability-weighted scenario using comparable emerging contemporary artists and observed performance in the primary and early secondary market.
- 24.1% Net ROI p.a. (Optimistic): ased on a probability-weighted scenario using comparable emerging contemporary artists and observed performance in the primary and early secondary market.
- 27.7% Discount to Market: Entry pricing was verified below current market value after fees, supporting an attractive acquisition basis for early-stage collectors.
- Christie's Validation: Xevi Solà's inclusion in a recent Christie's sale (Feeling fine, 2023) marks a critical transition to secondary market visibility, creating transparent pricing benchmarks and signaling broader collector demand.
- Sharpe Ratio of 0.75: Indicates a solid risk-adjusted return profile relative to expected appreciation, comparing favorably to the SMI's five-year Sharpe ratio of 0.6.
- VaR 90.7%: Modelled probability that the asset value exceeds the initial investment after 5 years, providing strong downside protection.
- Standard Deviation (31.0%): Reflects moderate to high volatility typical of emerging contemporary artists with limited transaction frequency but strong upside potential.
- 12 Main Comparables: The investment case is anchored by 12 relevant market comparables, providing a robust foundation for growth projections and valuation analysis.
Xevi Solà represents a compelling opportunity at a pivotal moment in his career trajectory. Still in the early stages of market development, his work offers accessible entry pricing combined with rapidly growing visibility across international galleries and fairs. This positioning is particularly attractive for investors seeking exposure before wider market saturation drives prices higher.
His distinctive visual language, rooted in neo-expressionism and contemporary figurative abstraction, creates immediate recognisability. Bold primitive-style figures, simplified forms, and vibrant colour palettes make his work easy to place and resell, a crucial factor for long-term liquidity and collector appeal.
The investment fundamentals are equally strong. Acquired at €18,000.0 with total costs of €20,800.0, the piece demonstrates disciplined entry pricing. Solà's practice draws from influences ranging from Lucian Freud to Henry Taylor, filtered through an urgent, instinctive approach that prioritises materiality over narrative.
For investors, the appeal lies in early-stage positioning, auction house validation, distinctive aesthetic identity, and growing international representation. With exhibitions spanning Opera Gallery Geneva to Art Paris and KIAF Seoul, Solà's market infrastructure is expanding precisely when early collectors can secure works before broader price appreciation takes hold.
Expert
Founded in Singapore in 1994, Opera Gallery has forged, over its 30 years, a network of 16 galleries worldwide including London, Paris, New York, Geneva, Hong Kong, and Seoul, establishing itself as one of the leading global players within the international art market. Headed by Gilles Dyan, Opera Gallery specialises in post-war French art, and in Modern and Contemporary European, American, and Asian art. In addition, the gallery represents international emerging artists such as Andy Denzler, Anthony James and Gustavo Nazareno. and more established contemporary artists such as Ron Arad, Manolo Valdés, and Anselm Reyle.
