August 3, 2010. An interview with The Hole's Kathy Grayson, conducted by your friend and mine Yasha Wallin, just appeared in Hint Magazine. Not Quite Open for Business, the inaugural exhibition at The Hole, at 104 Greene Street in the heart of the SoHo tenderloin, is up through August 21.

Here are interview excerpts and photos.

When Jeffrey Deitch announced in January that he was closing his legendary Deitch Projects to head up L.A.'s MOCA, a collective shudder rippled through downtown New York. But his staff members were too busy planning their next move to mourn the departure of their overachieving mentor for long. Just one month after the final New York show, Deitch's former directors Kathy Grayson and Meghan Coleman have emerged with their own gallery, The Hole.