[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 11809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05363]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10358]


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Imported 
for Exhibition Determinations: ``Otobong Nkanga: To Dig a Hole that 
Collapses Again'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I 
hereby determine that certain component objects of a certain work of 
art entitled ``In Pursuit of Bling,'' to be included in the exhibition 
``Otobong Nkanga: To Dig a Hole that Collapses Again,'' imported from 
abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The component 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 component objects as 
configured in the aforesaid work of art, at the Museum of Contemporary 
Art Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, from on or about March 31, 2018, 
until on or about September 2, 2018, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national 
interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elliot Chiu 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made 
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 have ordered that Public Notice of these 
determinations be published in the Federal Register.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-05363 Filed 3-15-18; 8:45 am]
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