[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07336]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9956]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Gar[ccedil]ons: 
Art of the In Between'' Exhibition

    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 certain objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Gar[ccedil]ons: Art of the In Between,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owner or custodian. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from on or about May 4, 
2017, until on or about September 4, 2017, 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, 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. 2017-07336 Filed 4-11-17; 8:45 am]
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