Asian art is in the ascendancy globally, while in Europe, Salvador Dalí reigns supreme

Artist-forgers have fooled Chinese collectors for centuries, as museums in the West are now discovering

Striking while the market is hot

The objects that made collectors dig deep

Chairman Ben Janssens has spent the year charming galleries and collectors in other continents

Art from across the globe has recently found a home in Bankside

“The beauty is in the process and the final object is the sum of the path"

There were new buyers and more collectors from India and China, but the art fairs were quieter events

But older decorative arts of the subcontinent fail to excite buyers

The Korean collector is being compared to Charles Saatchi

Arario Beijing claims to be “the world’s largest gallery”

While Chinese sustain the middle market for rare but flashy cinnabar, rhinoceros horn and cloisonné

Exhibitions, lectures and auctions span the centuries and the continents

For the first time, public money is being put into the art scene by the Korean government

A successful vernissage shows quantity does not always trump quality

Asian bidding dominated the saleroom sessions

Two have already broken the $1 million barrier, and auction prices are rising

Photography, Asian art, the art of antiquity, Old Masters, and historiography are also among the topics covered

Contemporary art collectors are coming to Southeast Asian art. Hollywood’s fascination with Buddhism is also a trigger

Cultura Basel '02 fair report

“We exist in a state of barbarity, where art is on the point of not loving art”

Fine quality at the Asian art fair failed to woo the buyers despite the perfect location

From Shang to the present, Asian art in all its diversity

A diverse offering of Chinese, Japanese, Southeast Asian and contemporary art

The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art

“London remains a huge centre for collectors all over Europe”

Fifty-two participants will exhibit everything from Indian statue jewels to Islamic tiles

Works from the Southeast Asian countries vie with the more traditional Chinese and Japanese selections

An exhibition of Sikh treasures casts new light upon the art of an Indian culture better known for its war-like tendencies