How does Lady Gaga top, or at the very least match, the groundbreaking artistry of the "Bad Romance" video? Well it's easy. You perform at the Los Angeles Museum Of Contemporary Art's 30th Anniversary, presenting yourself as a piece of art. Didn't you read A Girl's Guide To Crushing The Gallery Scene And Pop Charts At The Same Time?
Gaga performed her new song, "Speechless," wearing a Prada fully bejeweled Prada chandelier skirt and a headpiece by Frank Gehry, at a pink, Damien-Hirst-designed piano (which happened to rotate, naturally... why have a pink piano if it's not going to move, right?), with dancers from Russia's Bolshoi Ballet in tow. She was part of a piece by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli called Ballet Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again).
We got a sneak preview of her look for the show in the Italian Vanity Fair photos we posted last week. But needless to say, it seems like it was a performance that needed to be seen to be believed. These snaps from the night will have to suffice.
What do you think? Is the Italian-matron-meets-Russian-dancer-meets-Geisha Gaga's boldest, baddest look yet? Or did Gaga's bloody show at the VMAs trump all?