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PHOTOS © PA PHOTOS, GETTY<br />
PARIS<br />
A Piece of Art<br />
The Art Exchange, the<br />
world’s fi rst art stock<br />
exchange, has been set up<br />
by A&F Markets in Paris<br />
with the aim of opening this<br />
elitist world up to everyone.<br />
The idea is that even if you<br />
don’t have the cash to buy<br />
an original canvas, you can<br />
still own a piece of an iconic<br />
painting. “Clients will be<br />
able to see the selection of<br />
BUCHAREST<br />
Plenty of us curse<br />
the taxman for taking<br />
away a chunk of our<br />
hard-earned cash each<br />
month, but government<br />
offi cials in Romania<br />
are feeling uneasy<br />
about a new law. The<br />
artworks out there, as well<br />
as the price and volume of<br />
the shares available,” says<br />
Pierre Naquin, founder of<br />
A&F Markets. The market<br />
opened with Francesco<br />
Vezzoli’s The Premiere of<br />
a Play That Will Never Run<br />
(pictured above), valued<br />
at €135,000 with shares<br />
starting at €10 each.<br />
aexchange.net<br />
Toil and Trouble<br />
legislation means that<br />
witches, astrologers<br />
and fortune tellers are<br />
now recognised as<br />
self-employed workers,<br />
and have to hand over<br />
16% of their income<br />
to the government.<br />
The bill was almost<br />
passed last year, but<br />
senators worried about<br />
vexing the country’s<br />
psychic community<br />
put it on hold. Romania<br />
has a long history of<br />
superstition – President<br />
Traian B ă sescu often<br />
wears purple when he<br />
needs important votes<br />
to go his way, because<br />
he believes that the<br />
colour has the power<br />
to ward off evil spirits.<br />
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