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Black Cube Gallery will present Threads of Tradition, a solo exhibition of new works by celebrated modern artist Thota Vaikuntam. Opening on November 6 and running until November 30, the show is curated by Sanya Malik and explores the convergence of painting and embroidery.

Renowned for his vivid depictions of rural Telangana, Vaikuntam now extends his artistic language into the medium of hand embroidery. In this new body of work, his familiar figures — draped in luminous saris, adorned with jewellery, and imbued with quiet dignity — are reimagined through silk zardozi and gemstones on velvet.

The works have been created in collaboration with the Shams family of Agra, sixteenth-generation master artisans who have practised the regal art of zardozi for over thre

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