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dinner at the museum's medieval moat and cocktail hours in the presence of Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa. "It's still unclear how much it will cost to restore and rebuild the extensive damage at Notre-Dame, but estimates are staggering," Thrash says. MEXICO CITY CALLING For the Notre-Dame benefi t — three days of art, culture, and glamorous events in Mexico City — there were visits to Casa Azul, home of Frida Kahlo; Museo Anahuacalli and the Museo Soumaya Collection of Carlos Slim; the home of Pedro Friedeberg; and stables of Luis Barragán and a Richard Long installation; as well as private tours of the Olga & Rufino Tamayo Foundation; Museo Jumex, by owner and collector Eugenio López; and the Daniel Liebson Collection. As the three glorious days drew to a close, we began hearing murmurs of COVID-19. Many who had planned to extend their trip hurried home instead. As we entered the new reality, we realized just how lucky the timing had been, and the fortuitous good fortune that Notre- Dame will indeed have more euros in its coffers for much-needed restoration work. Raising Pesos for France: Duran Duran's John Taylor from London with wife Gela Taylor; Christopher "Kip" Forbes, who fl ew in from NY; collectors Eva Dichand, in from Vienna, and Tracey Amon from Paris; designer Lance Scott with Elin Nierenberg from NYC; Lucas Somoza from Paris; Kathleen von Alvensleben from Berlin; Joe Blount from Palm Beach and curator Amin Jaffer from Paris, along with 60 guests from Houston: Phoebe and Bobby Tudor, Reggie and Leigh Smith, Leslie and Russ Robinson, Barbara and Michael Gamson, Ann and Mathew Wolf, Sara Dodd and Will Denton, Carroll Goodman with John Wessell, Henry Richardson and Monsour Taghdisi, Lynn Mathre with Stewart O'Dell, Laura and Evan Greenberg, Glen Gonzalez, Richard Flowers and Angel Rios, Greg Fourticq and John Cone, Greggory Burk, Randy Powers and Bill Caudell, Meg Goodman, Elizabeth and Will Galtney, Ceron and Todd Fiscus, Renée Lewis Cary, Andrew Echols, Judith Oudt, Karen Pulaski, Marnie Greenwood, Marc and Duyen Nguyen, June Chandler, Ann and Karl Stern, Valerie Fuller with Andre Aboolian, Ford Hubbard, Mark Sullivan, and Tenenbaum's Tony Bradfield; and Dallas art collectors Derek and Christen Wilson. 28 Andrew Echols Renée Lewis Cary Mark Sullivan Glen Gonzalez, Meg Goodman Dinner at the French Embassy in Mexico City Stewart O'Dell & Lynn Mathre Gela Taylor Lisa Arpey, Ford Hubbard Derek Wilson, John Thrash Valerie Fuller, Denise De La Rue, Andre Aboolian Marnie Greenwood Glen Gonzalez, Meg Goodman Michael Gamson Ann Wolf Karen Pulaski Judith Oudt, Evan & Laura Greenberg Richard Flowers, Angel Rios