The owner of the cafe that Van Gogh frequented wants to buy one of the master’s paintings and hang it there. He “recently negotiated to buy ‘Field and poppies’, painted just two weeks before Van Gogh?s death. For most of the past 50 or so years it has been hidden away in a Swiss private collection. The audacious plan is to raise the $27 million in just 30 months, by selling shares for $75 each. Under this scheme, donors will own a tiny share in the painting, which is to belong to the non-profitmaking Institut Van Gogh. A discreet camera will be mounted in the attic room, enabling shareholders to view the painting in ‘real time’ on the internet. It will require over 300,000 people to take up the offer.”