GARY LICHTENSTEIN EDITIONS PRESENTS
CHARLES HINMAN (1932-2026): A CELEBRATION
An American pioneer of hard-edged shaped canvases, Charles Hinman’s work received immediate global acclaim in 1964–1965, with work at Sidney Janis Gallery and a one-person exhibition at Richard Feigen Gallery. Major works found permanent homes at MoMA, the Albright-Knox Gallery, and the Rockefeller Collection. He was included in the landmark show “Young America” at the Whitney Museum in 1965. Also in that year, Henry Geldzahler and Frank Stella included Hinman in the seminal exhibition, “Shape and Structure,” paired with Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Carl Andre, and Larry Bell.
Hinman’s work foreshadowed and influenced an important generation of artists. There have been numerous museum exhibitions in the years since, including at the Kreeger Museum, the Everson Museum, the Frost Art Museum and three at the Butler Institute of American Art. Hinman received many awards over the years, including a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
This Saturday is Community Free Day at MASS MoCA. Join us as we unveil a special exhibition celebrating Charles’s legacy.
When: Saturday, June 13, 2026 | 10am-4pm
Where: Gary Lichtenstein Editions
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
Free and open to the public
“Charles Hinman paints sublimely beautiful works that transcend categorization. Throughout his long and very distinguished life as an artist he has given no ground to fashion but has rigorously pursued his own vision of lyrical wall structures engineered architecturally but perceived profoundly as paintings. In the 1960’s he created the techniques followed by many other artists and for me he will always be ‘The Master of the Shaped Canvas.’ His work is as dynamic and relevant today as it was then.”
-Michael Findlay, Director, Acquavella Galleries