[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16492-16493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07078]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9066]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael''
Exhibition
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations:
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
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27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236-3
of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim
Wtewael,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the
United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported
pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I
also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at
the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from on or about June 28,
2015, until on or about October 4, 2015, at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or about November 1, 2015, until on or
about January 31, 2016, and at possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. I have
ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including
lists of the exhibit objects, contact the Office of Public Diplomacy
and Public Affairs in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department
of State (telephone: 202-632-6471; email: [email protected]). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03,
Washington, DC 20522-0505.
Dated: March 10, 2015.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-07078 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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