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Pulitzer photo controversy, Rimini Drawing Biennale, and rediscovered Donatello

other · 2026-05-05

Libero newspaper alleges that a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Reuters photographer Laszlo Balogh, taken September 3, 2015 at Bickse station in Hungary, may have been misinterpreted. The image shows a man, woman, and child on train tracks with riot police; a video reportedly reveals the man forcibly throwing his wife onto the tracks before police assist her. Separately, the second edition of the Biennale del Disegno di Rimini runs from April 23 to July 10, 2016, across venues including the Museo, Teatro Galli, Castello Malatestiano, and Palazzo Gambalunga, featuring 27 exhibitions and over 2,000 works. Vittorio Sgarbi comments in Il Giornale on a rediscovered bust of San Lorenzo by Donatello, missing since 1888, calling it a masterpiece of certain attribution reflecting deep religious sensibility.

Key facts

  • Libero newspaper claims a Pulitzer-winning photo may be misinterpreted
  • Photo taken by Laszlo Balogh on September 3, 2015 at Bickse station, Hungary
  • Video shows man throwing woman onto tracks, police assisting her
  • Second edition of Biennale del Disegno di Rimini runs April 23 to July 10, 2016
  • Biennale features 27 exhibitions and over 2,000 works
  • Venues include Museo, Teatro Galli, Castello Malatestiano, Palazzo Gambalunga
  • Vittorio Sgarbi comments on rediscovered Donatello bust of San Lorenzo
  • Donatello bust was missing since 1888

Entities

Artists

  • Laszlo Balogh
  • Donatello
  • Vittorio Sgarbi

Institutions

  • Reuters
  • Libero
  • Il Giornale
  • Biennale del Disegno di Rimini
  • Museo
  • Teatro Galli
  • Castello Malatestiano
  • Palazzo Gambalunga

Locations

  • Bickse
  • Hungary
  • Rimini
  • Italy
  • Padova

Sources