A brand new modern artwork museum opened in Washington, D.C. Saturday, housed inside a former college that Marvin Gaye attended.

The Rubell Museum, at 65 I (eye) Avenue SW, boasts hundreds of items from work to acrylics to pictures to sculptures and even a coated wagon.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined the ribbon reducing on the new web site.

Director Caitlin Berry says it’s the one museum within the District devoted completely to showcasing modern artwork.

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It options artists from D.C. and past, together with a gallery devoted to the unbranded work of Hank Willis, a former Duke Ellington Excessive Faculty pupil, Berry stated.

The area itself is a crucial a part of the expertise. It initially housed Cardozo Elementary, then expanded to Randall Junior Excessive Faculty — which one in every of D.C.’s most legendary musicians attended.

The Rubell Museum’s inaugural exhibition is named “What’s Going On,” a reference to Gaye’s well-known tune.

The exhibition contains 190 works by 37 artists grappling with points together with local weather change, racial parity and gender fairness, Berry stated.

The works are from the private assortment of the Rubell household. They need guests to see it as a spot of respite and illustration, with a D.C. viewers in thoughts.

Residents of the District and U.S. veterans can go to totally free. In any other case, it’s $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for college kids and youth.