[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 105 (Friday, May 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12217]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[PUBLIC NOTICE 6240]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave''

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 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave'', 
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 
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about June 22, 2008, 
until on or about September 22, 2008; The Museum of Modern Art, New 
York, NY, beginning on or about December 14, 2008, until on or about 
February 16, 2009, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, from on or about 
March 26, 2009, until on or about June 21, 2009, and at possible 
additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the 
national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to 
be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 
453-8050). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: May 27, 2008.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-12217 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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