Got back today from three days in Rome, speaking at the J.P. Morgan Philanthropy Forum. Stayed at Hotel de Russie, not my usual habitat. Was a member of the opening panel, chaired by Peter Wheeler of the Nature Conservancy. Learned a lot and met some great people, including Brigitte Mohn, who has been helping with the Social Stock Exchange.
A highlight of the event was a dinner at the Galleria Borghese, where it was wonderful to have a private viewing of the art. I had seen photographs of such things as Bernini’s The Rape of Prosperine, Apollo and Daphne and David, but they are immensely more powerful in the ‘flesh’. Was very struck by the gladiator mosaics, which most other people walked by.
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