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A 2024 Turner Prize nominee, British Filipino artist Pio Abad talks to Tatler about carrying on family legacy, unearthing historical connections and why the Philippines is always at the core of his work

By Aaina Bhargava.

ART What do the Romanovs, Gladys Deacon the Duchess of Marlborough and Imelda Marcos have in common? The Kokoshnik pearl diadem, a crown encrusted with 144 diamonds and 25 large pear-shaped pearls. First owned by Empress Maria Federovna, the mother of Tsar Nicholas II, the last tsar of imperial Russia, the piece was auctioned by Christies in 1927 after the fall of the Russian aristocracy to Lenin’s communist regime and bought by American heiress Gladys Deacon, the wife of the ninth Duke of Marlborough. Shortly after Deacon’s death in 1978, Imelda Marcos, the wife of former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos, is said to have purchased the piece. Few academics, let alone artists, would think to link these seemingly disparate historical figures and events, but British Filipino artist Pio Abad has…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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