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Daily Record
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Mourners left terrified as ‘dead man comes back to life' at his own wake
A video of the bizarre scene appears to show the moment when the man 'came back to life' inside a coffin in his home in Peru, just days before his funeral was due to take place Mourners in a Peruvian home were left aghast as the coffin of a deceased man began to shake - followed by twitching and sounds from the "corpse" - seemingly coming back to life. A video capturing this extraordinary event appears to show the moment the man was "resurrected" inside his coffin at his residence, mere days before his scheduled funeral. The footage, recorded in the town of Olmos in Peru's Lambayeque region, shows the stunned reactions of the man's family and friends. The clip has since gone viral on social media. Posts on TikTok and X identify the deceased as 'Iván', who was being mourned by his loved ones when he apparently regained consciousness. Speculation is rife about how such an astonishing event could have transpired. One witness hailed it as a divine miracle, likening it to the biblical story of Lazarus's resurrection in the New Testament Gospel of St John. In the video, she can be heard exclaiming: "Glory to God! This man is alive. All those watching us, your prayers for this man, Iván, may God show His glory. Just as He resurrected Lazarus, God can do so with this man. Oh, holy! Pray for this man!". A more prosaic explanation for the apparent "resurrection" suggests that the man might have been in a cataleptic state. Catalepsy is a symptom associated with various neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, characterised by paralysis, a slowdown of bodily functions like breathing, and a stiffness that can be mistaken for rigor mortis. Several viewers commenting on the video proposed catalepsy as an explanation, with one noting the man's good fortune in emerging from the state before burial, while another added: "Those who don't believe in God will say catalepsy, and those of us who do believe, we know it's resurrection." A notable incident involved Argentine socialite Rufina Cambaceres, who fell into a cataleptic state on her birthday in May 1902 and was declared deceased. However, after her burial, the caretaker of La Recoleta Cemetery reported hearing noises emanating from her vault. The coffin appeared to have been disturbed, and upon opening, scratch marks were discovered on the inside of the lid and the girl's face, revealing that Rufina had been interred alive. The cause of her catalepsy episode remains unclear, but it is presumed she eventually succumbed to suffocation after regaining consciousness. Even with modern medical advancements, errors can still occur, and people are occasionally declared dead before seemingly "coming back to life". In a bizarre turn of events this April, paramedics rushed to Son Valenti funeral parlour in Palma, Majorca when a "dead" woman began stirring in her coffin. This eerie occurrence echoes a February incident from the previous year where morgue staff in Guatemala were spooked by a woman who appeared to come back to life, moving within a body bag. Last year also saw an astonishing event in Texas where 16-year-old Sammy Berko experienced a cardiac arrest at a rock climbing gym and was declared deceased. Remarkably, after two hours of persistent CPR, he was resuscitated, prompting one doctor to label him a "literal miracle". Sammy's mother, Jennifer, recounted the harrowing moment her son lost consciousness following his climb, and the devastating news of his death. She revealed: "I started talking to him, just telling him how much I love him and sorry that we didn't know how to save him. Suddenly, as I started praying, my husband said, 'Oh my gosh, he's moving'." Another startling case from June last year involved 76-year-old Bella Montoya Castro, who was pronounced dead at a hospital in southwest Quito, Ecuador. Incredibly, she regained consciousness during her own funeral service. Gilber Barberan, Bella's son, reported that mourners heard noises emanating from the casket as they laid flowers upon it, only to discover that it was Bella herself making the sounds.
Telegraph
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Abstract painting named after dog is Tate Modern's most significant donation in 50 years
An abstract landscape named after the artist's dog is the Tate Modern 's single biggest gift in more than half a century. The 1973 expressionist work Iva, by American painter Joan Mitchell, was donated to the central London gallery by a US billionaire. Maria Balshaw, head of the Tate museums, said the artwork was the gallery's most significant donation since Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals in 1969. The artwork, a 20ft-long triptych, went on public display on Thursday after being donated by Jorge M Perez and his wife Darlene Perez. Ms Balshaw said Mitchell, who died in 1992, was 'underappreciated in her own time and in the decades afterwards'. She added: 'By the time we realised the importance of her work they were too expensive for a UK public institution to buy. 'So, with Tate having missed the boat during her lifetime, we knew that without the support of generous donors we wouldn't be able to bring a work that is of the same stature as the Seagram Murals.' Mr Perez said the painting had hung on the couple's bedroom wall and it had been a 'difficult decision' to part ways with it. 'We have always collected with the intention that art should be exposed to the most people possible,' he added. The painting, which the Tate hopes will help expand its collection of works by Latin American artists, was named after Mitchell's German shepherd. Prices for Mitchell's work have soared since her death, with an untitled painting from 1959 selling at Christie's, the London auction house, for £22 million in 2023. The Tate is working to reduce the proportion of its collection produced by white male artists and has purchased more works by women than men in every year since 2019. Mr and Mrs Perez have also donated a multimillion-pound endowment that will fund African and Latin American art at Tate Modern. Mr Perez, an Argentina-born real estate developer, said it was important that art from the two regions received 'exposure in great museums, in great cities of the world, which they haven't had.' The Perez family previously donated more than $100 million (£77 million) to Miami's public art museum, now called the Perez Art Museum Miami. The billionaire described art as something 'beautiful' that 'connects people of all types, and makes people understand cultures that are not theirs, and see not only the differences, but the similarities between cultures.'
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tate Modern gifted 'extraordinary' work by US artist Joan Mitchell
London's Tate Modern unveiled a huge, spectacular abstract painting by acclaimed US artist Joan Mitchell on Thursday, part of one of the "most significant gifts" to the gallery in recent decades. Donated to the iconic museum on the banks of the River Thames, the "Iva" triptych is six metres (19 feet) long and was painted by Mitchell in 1973. It was gifted to the gallery by Miami-based US-Argentinian philanthropist and billionaire Jorge M. Perez. "This painting is one of the most significant gifts we have received in many decades," Tate director Maria Balshaw told AFP, adding the last such priceless donation was probably the "Seagram Murals" given by artist Mark Rothko in 1970. Mitchell was "a revered figure" within the wave of abstract expressionism, "but like many women associated with that movement... (her) work was not as well-known as her excellence deserves," Balshaw said. Born in Chicago in 1925, Mitchell achieved some critical success during her lifetime. But her popularity rose after her death in 1992, with the value of her paintings soaring. In 2024, the website Artprice put her in 11th place among the world's best-selling artists, and in 2023 her canvas "Untitled" painted around 1959 sold for a record-breaking $29.2 million. "By the time we realised the importance of her work, they were too expensive for a UK public institution to buy," Balshaw said. Donor Perez said "many of the important museums in the United States, already have Joan Mitchell in their collection... and I think it exposes American art to a European audience." The triptych has been hung in a room next to the paintings by Rothko. The museum did not want to reveal the exact value of Perez's donation, which it called an "extraordinary gift" worth "multi-millions" of pounds. Perez and his wife Darlene, who made a fortune in real estate, also donated funds to allow the Tate to carry out research into African and Latin American art. They have also given the gallery some African works of art from their private collection, including by Malian photographer Malick Sidibe and British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare. cla/jkb/lcm/ach
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Miami philanthropists donate an American masterpiece to Britain's Tate Modern
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Tate Modern art museum on Thursday unveiled one of the most significant gifts it has received in years – a masterpiece by an American abstract expressionist that hung for years on a bedroom wall in Miami. Joan Mitchell's painting 'Iva' is the centerpiece of a major donation from Florida-based philanthropists Jorge M. Pérez and Darlene Pérez that also will help Tate expand its collection of works by Latin American and African artists. The 20 foot-long (6 meter-long) triptych featuring bold strokes of purple, red, yellow and white – painted in 1973 and named for Mitchell's much-loved German Shepherd – went on public display Thursday next to a roomful of murals by U.S. artist Mark Rothko that is one of Tate Modern's biggest draws. Tate director Maria Balshaw said the big, bold Rothko canvasses are among the museum's 'crown jewels,' and Mitchell's 'spectacular' painting 'will truly shine' in their company. Balshaw said Mitchell – like many female artists 'underappreciated' during her lifetime – should take her rightful place alongside her male peers. Prices for Mitchell's work have soared since her death in 1992, with an untitled painting selling at Christie's auction house in 2023 for $29 million. Such prices put her works beyond the reach of most public art museums. Tate – a group of British galleries with its origins in the late 19th-century – is working to rebalance a collection long dominated by white male artists. It has purchased more works by women than men in every year since 2019. The Pérez donation includes works by artists from Africa and the African diaspora, to be given to Tate over the coming years, and a multimillion-dollar endowment that will fund curators for African and Latin American art at Tate Modern. Jorge Pérez, an Argentina-born real estate developer, said it's important that art from Africa and Latin America 'get the exposure in great museums, in great cities of the world, which they haven't had.' The Pérez family has given more than $100 million to Miami's public art museum, now called the Pérez Art Museum Miami. 'Iva' hung for years on the bedroom wall in the couple's Miami home, and Jorge Pérez said parting with it was wrenching. It went on display the morning after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on U.S. trading partners, with global divisions on many minds. Jorge Pérez, a former friend of Trump who has criticized the president's policies, said the importance of art is that it 'connects people." 'It connects people of all types, and makes people understand cultures that are not theirs, and see not only the differences, but the similarities between cultures,' he said. 'And I think that's beautiful.'
CBS News
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Miami's Pérez family donates abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell's masterpiece to Britain's Tate Modern
Britain's Tate Modern art museum on Thursday unveiled one of the most significant gifts it has received in years – a masterpiece by an American abstract expressionist that hung for years on a bedroom wall in Miami. Joan Mitchell's painting "Iva" is the centerpiece of a major donation from Florida-based philanthropists Jorge M. Pérez and Darlene Pérez that also will help Tate expand its collection of works by Latin American and African artists. The 20 foot-long (6 meter-long) triptych featuring bold strokes of purple, red, yellow and white – painted in 1973 and named for Mitchell's much-loved German Shepherd – went on public display Thursday next to a roomful of murals by U.S. artist Mark Rothko that is one of Tate Modern's biggest draws. Tate director Maria Balshaw said the big, bold Rothko canvasses are among the museum's "crown jewels," and Mitchell's "spectacular" painting "will truly shine" in their company. Balshaw said Mitchell – like many female artists "underappreciated" during her lifetime – should take her rightful place alongside her male peers. Prices for Mitchell's work have soared since her death in 1992, with an untitled painting selling at Christie's auction house in 2023 for $29 million. Such prices put her works beyond the reach of most public art museums. Tate – a group of British galleries with its origins in the late 19th-century – is working to rebalance a collection long dominated by white male artists. It has purchased more works by women than men in every year since 2019. The Pérez donation includes works by artists from Africa and the African diaspora, to be given to Tate over the coming years, and a multimillion-dollar endowment that will fund curators for African and Latin American art at Tate Modern. Jorge Pérez, an Argentina-born real estate developer, said it's important that art from Africa and Latin America "get the exposure in great museums, in great cities of the world, which they haven't had." The Pérez family has given more than $100 million to Miami's public art museum, now called the Pérez Art Museum Miami . "Iva" hung for years on the bedroom wall in the couple's Miami home, and Jorge Pérez said parting with it was wrenching. It went on display the morning after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on U.S. trading partners , with global divisions on many minds. Jorge Pérez, a former friend of Trump who has criticized the president's policies, said the importance of art is that it "connects people." "It connects people of all types, and makes people understand cultures that are not theirs, and see not only the differences, but the similarities between cultures," he said. "And I think that's beautiful."
