East Is East and West Is West. Art Is Art and Money is . . .

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Remember the case of the dropped million-dollar vase? The vase wasn't worth anything like a million. And dropping it was sort of the theme of the exhibition. Ben Mauk explains.

Takeaway: In an age when "even gallery employees cannot distinguish between art and garbage," contemporary art may not be the ideal alternative investment.