Fine Art Week: Pigeons Would Make Pretty Good Art Critics

This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about some of the finest works ever created. In this episode from October 2021, a look at the research into how pigeons take in and process visual information, like art. Apparently it's pretty complex. Plus: in Detroit, a local news reporter does a story about a local skateboard park, and flawlessly rides a skateboard in the middle of his report!  ⁠The Pigeon as Art Critic⁠ (Scientific American) ⁠Van Gogh, Chagall and pigeons: picture discrimination in pigeons and humans⁠ (NIH) ⁠Pigeons' Discrimination of Paintings By Monet and Picasso⁠ (Researchgate) ⁠News anchor ends local skatepark dispatch by shredding into the sunset⁠ (AV Club) ⁠Pigeons also recognize our Patreon backers as the best