The painting has finally been bought back from its “foreign” buyer from 2001, by both the UK’s National Portrait Gallery and the Getty in Los Angeles. It will now reside 50/50 in UK and USA. I’m still frustrated by the framing of the whole thing, which has been quite ludicrous since its sale to John Magnier over twenty years ago. I spoke to ABC radio’s Art Show, with Indigenous host Daniel Browning… (my bit the first 30 mins; stick around afterwards for an excellent chat with the brilliant Peter Brunt too): https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/portrait-of-omai/102218752
Kate Fullagar 