Air India policing artworks so they don’t fly away
NEW DELHI: Air India, which the government is trying to sell, is keeping a close eye on about 40,000 pieces of art and other artefacts to ensure that it doesn’t lose any more of them, said people with knowledge of the matter. They include works by MF Husain, VS Gaitonde and Anjolie Ela Menon, and are valued at hundreds of crores of rupees.
An investigation in 2017 had discovered that executives had walked off with several items over the years.
The airline recently completed the exercise of tagging every painting and artefact it has received over the years. They are under 24-hour CCTV surveillance and the log is checked every second day to ensure everything is intact, said the people.
