Jean Planque’s eye on view at the Musée Jenisch in Vevey

The show brings together works by Van Gogh, Picasso and Dubuffet, presented as evidence of a collector’s discerning judgment. Rather than reading as a simple display of famous names, the selection points to a way of looking: choosing, comparing and setting works in relation so that their affinities become visible.

For artists and painting or drawing enthusiasts, the interest lies in what a collection reveals when it is built on close looking. The museum describes Planque and Beyeler as a “fruitful and shrewd tandem,” suggesting the collector’s role as more than a buyer: someone who helps shape how works are seen and understood.

An exhibition like this also shows how familiar works can still speak differently when placed side by side. The presence of Van Gogh, Picasso and Dubuffet invites attention to differences in touch, line and handling, and to the way a collection can become a reading of artistic practice as much as an assembly of notable works.