Lady Gaga didn’t have to attend the annual Watermill Center gala in person to shock the Hamptons.
At the center’s 21st Annual Summer Benefit honoring Shaikha Paula Al-Sabah, avant-garde director Robert Wilson showed off a series of “video portraits” of the edgy pop star — including images of Gaga as beheaded John the Baptist and hanging tied-up and naked upside-down (inspired by Japanese bondage techniques).
The event raised a record-setting $2.2 million overall, organizers said.
During the benefit, director Jim Jarmusch strummed a guitar, a woman sang opera from a hole in the ground and naked performance artists roamed the woods.
Guests included Philip Glass, Kim Cattrall, Isabelle Huppert, Lisa Anastos, Morgan O’Connor, Jay McInerney, Simon de Pury, Campion Platt, Kelly Rutherford and LuAnn de Lesseps.