New York Review of Books

In Brief

Holy Hell: Critic Alleges Major Restoration of Chartres Cathedral Is "Fake"

An intensive restoration of France's Chartres Cathedral that replicates the interior's original colors and patterns has earned a polemical rebuke from the critic Martin Filler, who charged that the method makes "authentic artifacts look fake."

Art

Martin Scorsese Celebrates a New York Literary Institution

The 50 Year Argument, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about The New York Review of Books, uses the same opening-sequence footage as another film about life in the Big Apple: West Side Story.

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Zaha Hadid Files Defamation Suit Over Labor Criticism

Architect Zaha Hadid, who designed the Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar currently in its initial stages of construction, recently filed a lawsuit against New York Review of Books architecture critic Martin Filler, Dezeen reported.