Events from the year 1927 in art. Events May – Stanley Spencer moves to Burghclere (England) to work on the Sandham Memorial Chapel. May 16 – A pair of oval rooms built at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris as a permanent home for eight of Monet's water lily paintings is opened by the Government of France. June 28 – Unveiling of "The Building of Britain" series of historical paintings by various artists in St Stephen's Hall of the Palace of Westminster in London. Charles Sims' King John confronted by his Barons assembled in force at Runnymede gives unwilling consent to Magna Carta, the foundation of justice and individual freedom in England, 1215 attracts criticism from the press, Members of Parliament and other artists for its idiosyncrasy. July 24 – Unveiling of Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. September 29 – Unveiling of 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park, New York City, designed by Karl Illava, a former sergeant in the regiment. October – Clarice Cliff begins test marketing her 'Bizarre' pottery decoration in the UK. October 4 – Gutzon Borglum begins work on Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the United States. November – Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston upon Hull, England, opens. date unknown – Aristide Colotte opens his studio in Nancy, France, where he produces glasswork and carved crystal statues. Exhibitions February – Stanley Spencer has his first solo exhibition, at the Goupil Gallery in London. April–May – Ben and Winifred Nicholson and Christopher Wood exhibit at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London. June 25–July 2 – Federico García Lorca exhibits a series of drawings at the Galeries Dalmau in Barcelona. Alice Prin ("Kiki de Montparnasse") has an exhibition of her own paintings at the Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in Paris. Awards Archibald Prize: George W. Lambert – Mrs Murdoch Works Ansel Adams – Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras (photographic portfolio) Ernst Barlach – Der schwebende Engel ("The Floating Angel", sculpture (original cast destroyed)) Edwin Blashfield – Spring Scattering Stars Pompeo Coppini – Statue of George Washington (bronze, Portland, Oregon) Salvador Dalí – Apparatus and Hand Max Ernst Forest and Dove The Wood George Grosz – Self-Portrait, Warning Edward Hopper – Automat Karl Illava (sculptor) and Rogers and Haneman (architects) – 107th Infantry Memorial, New York City Gaston Lachaise – Floating Figure Fernand Léger – Nude on a