Over 70% of the art museum which remained under wraps even after opening of T2 has now been opened at level 3. Apart from International passengers, even those flying on domestic network of airlines like Air India, Visatara and Jet airways are now getting the chance to see the art wall which has rare collections of art work from across the contemporary and ancient India.
The airport operator officials claim that the art works focus on art and culture of the bye-gone eras, including the Gond art by Mukul Goyal and team which stresses on enormous mobile, based on theme of location and flight that borrows from the repository of fantastical flying vehicles and creatures, transforming them into three dimensional mild steel forms.
Another highlight is the 20th century Palitana oil canvas painting, depicting the most sacred of Jain pilgrimage of Palitana in Gujarat. "Another artwork of conjoining lands by Nilima Sheikh and Suresh BV, conceptualises and imaginary world of symbolic landscaped which seeks Kashmiri art for inspiration, inclusion and collaboration" said an airport insider.
Other than this, artist Anjolie Menon and Robyn Beeche interpret door as face of the house by juxtaposing several portraits into unified whole are of the themes of the art wall area.
Next to the art wall, a large shopping and food court areas has been set up for the departing domestic passengers, which is not the case with the domestic terminal 1B and 1A from where the domestic airlines till recently operated.
The airport sources reveal that talks between airport operator Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) and Indigo are already underway. "It may happen in a month or two," said an airport source.
The airport management expect the number of footfall of passengers to reach around 40 million mark in the current year.
All though some airlines had reservations over the shifting to T2, airport operator claim that the logic behind that shift is that one roof terminal is advantageous for providing seamless connectivity and better commerce.
Sources reveal that MIAL is most likely to exploit the area released from relocation of domestic operations for development of real estate.
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