Cooper Gallery in Dundee faces closure by 2027 under university cost-cutting plan
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Dundee University has proposed closing the Cooper Gallery by 2027 as part of cost-cutting measures, alongside eliminating seven academic posts and one academic-related post at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. The gallery, which opened in 1953 and has hosted notable exhibitions including work by Heather Phillipson, faces this threat amid a broader crisis in Scottish art. The proposal was first reported by the university's student newspaper, The Jute Journal.
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The proposal... could see the arts space shut by 2027, alongside the axing of seven academic posts and one academic‑related post at the university's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.
The gallery was opened in 1953 and has hosted exhibitions by Heather Phillipson.
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