The society was having an annual exhibition, including two paintings by Wolverhampton artist Kathleen Roberts who had died earlier in the year. The photograph shows a stoneware bust of an old man by Maggie Kitching with Jayne Carter.

The exhibition, sponsored by the Arts Council, was showcasing 100 prints, including major lithographs, etchings and lino-cuts. The photograph shows a print being hung by Nicola Bennett and Brendan Flynn.

Malcolm Hopcroft, a stonemason from Cheltenham, was replacing stonework on the building above St Peter’s Square. St Peter’s Church can be seen in the background.

Artist and writer Rasheed Araeen chose the collection of work to appear in the exhibition, which took up all four ground-floor exhibition rooms. Ronald Moody from Jamaica and Sonia Boyce from London are mentioned. The photograph shows “Moving Disc Toys” b

External view, taken close to the main entrance, with what appear to be the remains of Christmas decorations across the street.

External view of the main entrance to the Gallery.

A three-year plan to bring the gallery “into the 20th century” was making progress, with the installation of a new storage unit in the basement to house the collection of paintings, water colours and drawings. David Rodgers is quoted. The photograph shows

Wolverhampton Art Gallery had bought a scaled-down version of the giant King Kong statue that had been on display in Birmingham, by Nicholas Munro. The photograph shows David Rodgers with the King Kong maquette.

The photograph shows Mary Morris with a 19th century Japanese bronze of a wildflower.

A room had been reconstructed as it might have been at Christmas in 1875. Pictured in the room are Jan Thom and Andrew Gregg.