Art school gives out grants for ‘doing nothing’

Art school gives out grants for 'doing nothing'

A scholarship for doing nothing? That sounds absurd. But it makes sense, says the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. Here’s what it is all about. Searching for the ‘sweet life’: Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in ‘La Dolce Vita’ "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and good morning, dear artists": That greeting sums up a preconceived and widely popular notion of an artist’s lifestyle.

The University of Fine Arts Hamburg has taken that notion to the next level: It is offering three scholarships for "doing nothing." Anyone can apply, actually, whether they are artists or not. Friedrich von Borries, the initiator […]

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