{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/63ffa9ca302d250011a2fca3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Could Britain lose the first grand portrait of a person of colour?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1659027691161-ec0984c30a499cf38724279c0daaeb82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.</em></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Bendor Grosvenor, British art historian.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Host: </strong>David Aaronovitch.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>Oxford University Press, TRT&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>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</p>","author_name":"The Times"}