[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 61871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24364]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8494]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``focus: Monika Baer'' and ``Monika Baer''

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 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``focus: Monika Baer'' at The Art Institute 
of Chicago and in the exhibition ``Monika Baer'' at the Williams 
College Museum of Art,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to loan agreements with foreign owners or custodians. 
I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects 
at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, from on or about October 
24, 2013, until on or about January 26, 2014; the Williams College 
Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, from on or about February 22, 2014, 
until on or about May 18, 2014, 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 exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: September 30, 2013.
Evan M. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-24364 Filed 10-3-13; 8:45 am]
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