Zachary Small

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Nintendo Has Something to Sell You

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Meghan Morris

After spending the past two decades cultivating a market for casual gamers, Nintendo is relying on star power in its latest advertising campaign. "Let me show you a little something something that I learned in the 1900s," the actor Paul Rudd says in one commercial, failing to impress a girl named Lisa who thinks it is strange he is dressed as his 22-year-old self, complete with an indie-rock hairstyle and wearing beads.
Trump Says He Fired Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery Director

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.
Are You Smarter Than a Billionaire?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Josephine Sedgwick

Over the course of one week, some of the richest people in the world descended on New York's auction houses to purchase over $1 billion of art. It might have played out a little differently than you would have expected. Can you guess which of these works sold for more? Note: Listed sale prices include auction fees.
New York's Spring Auctions Aimed for Trophies. They Got Troubles.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Tim Schneider

Performing below their low estimates, the auction houses bet on a "flight to quality" but found little interest from bidders on top lots. By the art world's own accounting, the spring auction season fell short of even its lowest target. Reaching for a combined estimate from $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion, the three major auction houses fell short at $1 billion when excluding the hefty buyer fees that inflate their totals.
With Guarantees Galore, Christie's Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Tim Schneider

There was little bidding on the art collection of the Riggio family, who built their fortune on the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain - a caution flag for the art market. Chandelier bidding. Quiet phone banks. Executives wiping their brows.
Can These Six Artists Predict the Fate of the Art Market?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Tim Schneider

These bellwether artworks in the spring auctions this week may indicate whether a recovery is likely, after years of declining profits and high rollers. The spring sales of modern and contemporary art often arrive in May with a steady drumroll of paintings whose estimates soar above $50 million - a sign of confidence in the industry's roster of ultrawealthy collectors who trade them like financial assets.
Trump Nominates Former N.E.A. Chair to Head Embattled Arts Agency

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small

The president nominated Mary Anne Carter to lead the National Endowment for the Arts, which his budget calls for eliminating and which has been withdrawing grants from arts groups. Mary Anne Carter, who oversaw the National Endowment of the Arts during President Trump's first term, was nominated Tuesday to lead the embattled agency once again, according to Senate records.
Frieze, Premiere Art Fair Company, Sold on Eve of New York's Art Week

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small

The deal would bring seven art fairs under a new private company founded by the entertainment mogul Ari Emanuel, former chief executive of Frieze's owner, Endeavor. After much speculation about who would purchase Frieze, one of the world's premiere art fairs, it turned out that the call was coming from inside the house.
Painting From Memory, Salman Toor Conjures Passion and Freedom

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small |Sasha Aleksandra Arutyunova

In the StudioAs Salman Toor's work has become more politically conflicted and emotionally raw, he finds himself wondering, "What am I doing here in America?"In the StudioAs Salman Toor's work has become more politically conflicted and emotionally raw, he finds himself wondering, "What am I doing here in America?"Credit... Salman Toor needed a better perspective. Backing slowly away from his easel, the 42-year-old artist closed one eye and raised a thumb.
How Art Stars Are Made

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Zachary Small

Museums provide the first draft of art history. They decide which artists get to share wall space with masters like Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Picasso. Choosing which artists to exhibit requires museums to consider ultrasubjective questions about, say, the artistic merit of a painting or the historical relevance of a sculpture. The task has traditionally fallen to curators, who maintain their scholarly independence and grapple with the complexities of mounting shows.