Press Release

Lévy Gorvy Dayan is delighted to announce the gallery’s first solo exhibition Baladas with Puerto Rican artist Armig Santos, opening on April 16, 2026. The exhibition will debut a series of canvases that explore the artist’s personal and pastoral relationship to the islands of Puerto Rico, drawing upon historical, archival, and ecological sources of inspiration. With the exhibition’s title, Santos nods to José Luis González’s 1978 novel _Balada de otro tiempo (_Ballad of Another Time), which remains a significant representation of traditional farming—or campesino—culture in Puerto Rico. Remarking on his new body of work, Santos states, “Every painting is a ballad to Puerto Rico in its own way. The works are reminders of the past but also a way to understand what is happening now.”

Installation Views

Exhibition view: Armig Santos, Baladas, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York (16 April–13 June 2026). Courtesy Lévy Gorvy Dayan.
Exhibition view: Armig Santos, Baladas, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York (16 April–13 June 2026). Courtesy Lévy Gorvy Dayan.
Exhibition view: Armig Santos, Baladas, Lévy Gorvy Dayan (16 April–13 June 2026). Courtesy Lévy Gorvy Dayan.
About the Artist

Armig Santos is a Puerto Rican painter whose work explores the landscape, history, and visual memory of Puerto Rico. Born in 1995 in Caguas and based in San Juan, he is best known for paintings that draw together archival fragments, internet-sourced imagery, and scenes filtered through memory to examine how the island’s histories are recorded, obscured, and reimagined. His work has been shown at institutions and venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Half Gallery, Calderón, Embajada, KM 0.2, and New Image Art.

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About the Gallery

Helmed by Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, and Amalia Dayan, Lévy Gorvy Dayan collaborates with artists, estates, non-profit organizations, foundations, museums, and private collections to increase the visibility of twentieth- and twenty-first century works and artists—realizing seminal projects and furthering legacies. In forming Lévy Gorvy Dayan, the partners merge their respective specialties across twentieth- and twenty-first century art, their reputations as leaders and tastemakers, and their respective backgrounds in the primary and secondary markets. Lévy Gorvy Dayan provides opportunities for education, exposure, and access to acquiring exceptional art through its museum-quality exhibition program and thoughtful participation in international art fairs. Expanding, refining, and enhancing world-class modern and contemporary art collections, the gallery emphasizes connoisseurship and curation in its collection development, estate planning, and art appraisal services. Both international and local in practice and perspective, Lévy Gorvy Dayan has unique spaces and unmatched market knowledge in New York, London, and Hong Kong, in addition to representation in Geneva, Milan, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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