Portrait of Omai

Art Fund, the charity that helped buy Rokeby Venus for the nation, celebrates 120 years with new campaign

Organisation pledges to back initiatives linking museums with local communities for anniversary project

Joshua Reynolds’s 'Portrait of Mai' could visit its Polynesian homeland

The painting of the striking Polynesian man, recently bought jointly by London's National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum, may travel to the South Pacific to be shown in Tahiti

Arts minister extends export ban (again) to help save Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai

The export deferral on the famed painting has been extended to 10 June, giving London’s National Portrait Gallery a few more weeks to work out a deal, possibly with the Getty

Could a deal with Getty Centre in Los Angeles save Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai for the UK?

As the painting’s export licence is due to expire, the Californian museum might step in to help keep it in the UK