Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction Cuff Exhibition title "THE TIGHTER THEY'RE

Exhibition title "THE TIGHTER THEY'RE WOUND

and the philosophy of the firm

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of aliveness

— Nicola Lees

Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction Cuff Exhibition title "THE TIGHTER THEY'REBy rejecting consistency, Picabia powerfully asserted the artist's freedom to change Irreverent and audacious, restless and brilliant, Francis Picabia achieved fame as a leader of the Dada group only to break publicly with the movement in 1921. Moving between Paris, the French Riviera, Switzerland, and New York, he led a dashing life, painting, writing, yachting, gambling, racing fast cars, and organizing lavish parties. Like no other artist before