Showcasing approximately 100 works by artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, and Picasso, Picasso–Klee–Matisse: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen invites viewers to encounter Berggruen’s life and vision through a remarkable collection shaped by personal relationships with artists and a deep commitment to modern art.

Informed by these interests in art history, the current presentation of the permanent collection— which was installed thematically within two rooms on the first floor and four rooms on the second—is organized around the historical criteria of genres within Western painting and the traditional hierarchy of genres that developed out of the Renaissance period and was promoted…