[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 319-320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33745]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7748]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Put Your Freedom in the Corner, Save it for a Rainy 
Day'' by Martin Kippenberger

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, and 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 object ``Put 
Your Freedom in the Corner, Save it for a Rainy Day'' by Martin 
Kippenberger, imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the 
United States, is of cultural significance. The object is imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owners or custodians. I 
also determine that the exhibition or

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display of the exhibit object at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 
Chicago, IL in its exhibition ``This Will Have Been: Art, Love, & 
Politics in the 1980s'' from on or about February 11, 2012, until on or 
about June 3, 2012, 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, contact Ona 
M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department 
of State (telephone: (202) 632-6473). The mailing address is U.S. 
Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, 
DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: December 22, 2011.
J. Adam Ereli,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-33745 Filed 1-3-12; 8:45 am]
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