Synchrotron scientists are the new art detectives

Scientists have revealed the second painting beneath the NGV's Degas, with a technique that could change the future of art investigation.

16 Aug 2016 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

The hidden portrait of Emma Dobigny by Edgar Degas recently revealed by Australian scientists; Collection National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria bought Edgar Degas’s Portrait de femme (Portrait of a Woman (c 1876-80) from a Parisan dealer in 1937 for the then hefty sum of £2275.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina