We’ve been seeing Marina Abramovic quite a lot lately, both in the art world and elsewhere. Earlier this year, the performance artist worked alongside longtime pal Riccardo Tisci on the Opéra de Paris’ short production of Boléro—the designer created a range of ethereal costumes; the artist (a die-hard Givenchy devotee) conceived the set and scenography. A few weeks ago, Abramovic popped up alongside Jay Z at Pace Gallery, where she starred in the shoot for Hova’s forthcoming Picasso Baby music video. And this weekend, at the Watermill Center Benefit, a surprisingly pared-down Lady Gaga—whose reemergence, it would seem, is in full swing—stepped onstage with Abramovic and announced that she’ll be training under the conceptual provocateur. Their hard work will be revealed during the pop star’s upcoming collaboration with Robert Wilson at the Louvre Museum in Paris this fall. However, we’re not saying that extreme exposure is necessarily bad for business—at the event, a quartz stone from Abramovic’s work Black Dragon was auctioned off for a cool $60K. The high bidder, of course, was Gaga herself.
