An enigmatic self -portrait rubs shoulders with a rhythmic wall of clocks and hammers, A spring and colorful frenzy responds to a moving merry -go -round, A thunderstorm rumbles while the Allan flows peacefully in Sainte-Suzanne ... What do these intriguing and a priori absurd associations mean, These surprising or even confrontations confrontations?

Voluntarily emancipating from a chronological journey, denying the hierarchy of genres, The exhibition puts in perspective its fine arts collections and makes modern and contemporary works dialogue around antagonic themes - myths and realities, Hidden and revealed, Eternal and ephemeral, Noise and silence.

The proposed reading plays on contrasts and rapprochements, formal and conceptual, While leaving visitors the opportunity to make their own interpretation. Over 80 paintings and chosen sculptures, arranged in duos or trios, encourage to observe, wonder and imagine. Stories, sounds, Colors and shapes come alive according to the paths. "Dualities" thus revisits the Beaux-Arts collections and offers a new look at the works.