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Mar 2023
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Could Britain lose the first grand portr...

THE TIMES
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One of Britain's most important paintings of a non-white subject could leave the UK forever next week as the deadline approaches to submit an offer to buy the Portrait of Omai from its private owner. It's valued at £50 million. So what's the painting's story - and can a museum raise that much money in time?

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Guest: Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian.  

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

Clips: Oxford University Press, TRT  

Find out more about the public campaign by The National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund here: https://www.artfund.org/get-involved/campaigns/omai-portrait-appeal



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