Court Documents: Um v. The Hole
Records from New York County Supreme Court.
This page holds a complaint filed July 16, 2026, in New York County Supreme Court.
In it, artists Daniel Um and Nastaran Shahbazi allege The Hole and founder Kathy Grayson sold their consigned works, collected payment and failed to remit $49,975.50 in proceeds that New York law required the gallery to hold in trust.
Read the story: Artists sue The Hole and Kathy Grayson over unpaid sale proceeds
Artists sue The Hole, Kathy Grayson over unpaid sales
The gallery’s books allegedly show it owes Daniel Um and Nastaran Shahbazi $49,975.50 for consigned artworks it sold.
Adam Schrader
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