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The Hole
Named after a legendary downtown club where every subculture collided, The Hole is where contemporary art gets weird. Glossy, hyper-online, and funny without ever losing their edge, shows here are some of the most visually addictive in the city.
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Scrappy, hyper-saturated, glossy. At The Hole, Surrealism collides with pop and gets refracted through the lens of the wacky life-is-stranger-than-fiction media age we’re living in now.
Named after a much-loved early-2000s queer Manhattan nightlife staple, the art here is bold, colorful, and cheeky. Think rainbow-colored, airbrushed abstraction, objects blown to smithereens in a techno explosion, or iconic art images reimagined in the early hours of a night out.
The shows take things we think we know about fashion, graphic design, music, technology, and art, and twist them into something you could never dream up on your own. Time and time again.
About the Gallery
Kathy Grayson started The Hole in July 2010. Before that, a single wall at Dartmouth College, then eight years at Deitch Projects. She launched her first space at 312 Bowery in NoHo, across the street from John Varvatos, formerly CBGB. She added a second location in Tribeca in 2020, in the former studio of painter Peter Doig.
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Routes and collections this place belongs to
Art WalkNoHo
North of Houston to Cooper Square
Cast-iron lofts, a free university museum, cross-generational galleries, and shopkeepers who will tell you everything.
7 STOPS | 1.5 HOURS
CollectionLittle Italy
Women-Led
A mix of established and next-generation galleries where women set the program, the roster, and the room.
8 VENUES
CollectionLower East Side
Queer Downtown
Galleries rooted in the LGBTQ+ artists, writers, and performers who make contemporary art what it is.
6 VENUES
In The Area
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Amanita
Be drenched in old-world European elegance with art by rarely-seen contemporary Italian artists, shown at the former CBGBs punk bar turned gallery.
RestaurantNoHo
Fish Cheeks
Experience ‘unfiltered heat’ at this NOHO Thai spot. Family-style, flavour-brimming dishes inspired by street food across the regions of Thailand. Bright, colorful, joyful. Make sure you reserve a seat.
RestaurantNoHo
Il Buco
A downtown staple that’s here to stay. Come for the Mediterranean dishes, great wine, and rustic setting, and stay for the occasional sighting of a local icon.
Home GoodsNoHo
Il Buco Vita
If you’re a great host, or just dream of being one, this is your stop. Shop rustic home decor and the finest ceramicware beloved by the city’s best restaurants since the ‘90s.
Past Best of Shows
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Best of ShowNoHo
Lee Gihun: Prometheus and Pietà
JAN-MAR2428
The HoleMasked boys march through flood and fire in monumental paintings that ask: who saves us now?