[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03127]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9891]


Notice of Determinations: Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in 
Cuban Art, 1959-2015'' 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), E.O. 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 ``Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art, 
1959-2015,'' 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 Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas, from on or about 
March 5, 2017, until on or about May 29, 2017, at the Walker Art 
Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from on or about November 12, 2017, 
until on or about March 25, 2018, 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.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-03127 Filed 2-15-17; 8:45 am]
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