The University of Brighton is set to close the Brighton Centre for Contemporary Art (BCCA).
It has attributed the closure to “very significant challenges” impacting income and expenditure, such as frozen tuition fees, rising inflation and soaring energy costs.
The gallery opened in 2019 and is one of the only ones to focus on visual art in Brighton.
According to the Art Newspaper, BCCA Director Ben Roberts said the decision had “come out of the blue” following a “very positive” internal review a year ago.
A spokeswoman for the university says the review “explored the future of the BCCA and the need to grow income to ensure financial sustainability”.
“However, the unprecedented inflationary pressures has meant that the university is no longer able to invest in the gallery,” the spokesperson added.