[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01277]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9420]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change'' 
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 ``Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation 
and Change,'' 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 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from on or about 
February 21, 2016, until on or about May 9, 2016, at the Columbus 
Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, from on or about June 10, 2016, until on 
or about September 11, 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 14, 2016.
Mark Taplin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-01277 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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