Why artists, even art fair-averse ones, are in Basel this week

It is not just collectors and curators who are doing a grand tour of Europes contemporary art hotspots to visit the mega-exhibitions now on: the Venice Biennale, Documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel, Skulptur Projekte Mnster and the Danish newcomer ARoS Triennial. Leading artists are on the road as well, so there has been a much bigger than usual turnout of them at Art Basel this week.
Among those who have been spotted in Basel are Mickalene Thomas, Elmgreen & Dragset, Phyllida Barlow, Wolfgan