[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 6096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02262]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9433]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations: ``Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty'' 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 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.
257-1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ``Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty,''
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 Museum of
Modern Art, New York, New York, from on or about March 26, 2016, until
on or about July 24, 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 a
list of the imported 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: January 29, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-02262 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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