2026 research record · Year to date
Selected publications, public exchanges, developing research, translation, and archival records from Museum of One. The dated publication record covers 1 January to 13 October 2026. Programme statuses were reviewed on 14 October 2026.
This is a selected account, not an exhaustive annual report. Publication dates refer to the linked Museum of One records. A record's publication date does not establish when the underlying book, exchange, or project began.
Published research and methods
- January 2026: Measuring Proximity and From Husserl's Mathematics to Dufrenne's Aesthetics develop the published methodological sequence. Research and diagnostic tools provide associated resources for examining critical conduct.
- February 2026: Quantifying Critical Posture and Extending Post-Interpretive Criticism present further diagnostic proposals.
- 9 May 2026: Diagnostics Without Possession provides an operational reference for coding and inter-rater reliability work.
These methods remain proposals for critical inquiry. Their assumptions, coding rules, exclusions, and limits require scrutiny. Read the methods programme.
Field essays and studies
- 8 June 2026: El Anatsui's Man's Cloth Series: Redemption of Waste as Modern Eucharist.
- 6 July 2026: Hassan Sharif's Objects: The Ascetic of the Everyday.
- 29 July 2026: Art That Falls Apart: Material Fatigue as Moral Statement.
These selected essays belong to the continuing inquiry into material presence, witness, and cultural memory. Read the programme · Browse field essays.
Public exchanges and archival preservation
- 18 September 2026: Museum of One's The Conversation: Dong-Yeon Koh × Dorian Vale preserves an authorised archival record of the exchange originally published and hosted by Koh. Read the original conversation.
- 22 September 2026: On Post-Interpretive Criticism: A Dialogue between Dorian Vale and Tomoki Akimaru preserves the public exchange originally published by Art Criticism+ in Japan with both participants' consent. The record links its English and Japanese versions.
The published exchanges retain their own authorship and publication histories. Akimaru's dialogue is a supporting research resource; no ongoing joint programme is asserted.
Publication records and access
11 October 2026: The Volume I and Volume II bibliographic Pages provide current repository links and version histories. Both retain first-edition statements from 2025; their current repository versions were published in April 2026. Repository version numbers do not denote new book editions.
The Research Discovery and Archive Sources Page, also published on 11 October, brings together discovery, archive, and library catalogue links. It distinguishes corpus discovery from individual work records and notes the limits of catalogue access and unverified format details. Catalogue presence does not establish peer review or institutional endorsement.
Publication register · Digital Archive Library · Ethical Charter.
Research in development
- Dong-Yeon Koh and Dorian Vale: Between Image and Interpretation: On Restraint is a co-authored book in development. The published conversation informs the project; the manuscript remains in development. Research question and current work.
- Dorian Vale, following discussion with Reiko Tomii: Independent research into operation, documentation, and historical answerability remains in development. Tomii's historical work is attributed to her; the further argument belongs to Vale. No joint publication or endorsement is asserted. Research question, sources, and scope.
- Conceptual development: Continuing source-based research follows the vocabulary and qualifications of Post-Interpretive Criticism across its published corpus. Working distinctions remain open to examination. Research programme · Living Lexicon.
Translation in progress
Osman Omran, a Sudanese graphic and book designer and freelance translator based in Muscat, Oman, is translating Threads of Sand into Arabic. Dorian Vale authorised the work on 21 August 2026 and accepted the proposed translator's preface. Omran subsequently reported progress.
The translation is authorised and in progress. No completed Arabic edition, delivery date, or publishing agreement is announced. Translation programme · Existing English-language publication.
In development
The developing theoretical dialogue with Alexander Viktorovich Markov examines critical language and what makes a correction to an interpretation remain effective over time. No completed output or agreed joint publication is announced. Read the programme overview and its published context.
Sources and coverage
This record draws on the linked public Museum of One records available through 13 October 2026 and the accompanying programme descriptions reviewed on 14 October 2026. Dates attached to publication entries are their public record dates; the translation authorisation is a separately identified project milestone. The review date does not establish a date for an undated research development.
Private meeting records, correspondence, and unpublished manuscripts are not reproduced. The record makes no claim that every activity during 2026 is included.