Her current book project, Hélio Oiticica: Folding the Frame, examines the emergence of a participatory art paradigm in mid-1960s Brazil. Her research has been supported by the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, the Getty Research Institute, and the Dedalus Foundation. Her essays and criticism have appeared in publications such as Artforum, Art Asia Pacific, Getty Research Journal, Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, and Third Text. Small co-curated the 2013 exhibition Blind Field, focused on a young generation of artists in Brazil, organized by the Krannert Art Museum.