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The Skirball Cultural Center partially reopens this weekend with “Ai Weiwei: Trace,” the artist’s portraits of imprisoned dissidents and free-speech advocates, all crafted with Lego bricks. It’s a smaller version of Ai’s installation for his unprecedented 2014 exhibition on Alcatraz, which Times critic Christopher Knight called “an always-poignant, often-powerful meditation on soul-deadening repressions of human thought and feeling.”
The Skirball show leads our weekend list of cultural offerings for your viewing consideration. All times are Pacific.
SoCal in-person events
“Ai Weiwei: Trace”
The acclaimed artist and activist‘s Lego portraits go on view in an 8,000-square-foot gallery lined with a gold-colored wallpaper, a design by Ai’s studio that turns images of surveillance equipment into a decorative pattern. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A. Saturday through Aug. 1. $7-$12; kids under 2 are free; advance timed-entry tickets required. skirball.org
Anyone who has tried their hand at mixing songs on their DJ friend’s Serato knows that there’s a lot more to the art of the mashup than meets the eye. The audible sleight of hand that was practiced by some of our favorite DJs was a centerpiece of the pre-pandemic club scene. We’re still some time away from a full-fledged return to flashing LED lights and group chants from the dance floor, but in the meantime, Billboard is here to celebrate the DJs who ushered us through some of our most memorable nights with the launch of its latest series “Mash Up the Charts.”
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