Fine Art Week: Pigeons Would Make Pretty Good Art Critics

25/03/2024 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

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

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