82 FR 248 pg. 61652 - Notice of Determinations: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes” Exhibition

Type: NOTICEVolume: 82Number: 248Page: 61652
Docket number: [Public Notice 10246]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2017-28019 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 61652

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10246]

Notice of Determinations: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: "Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes" Exhibition

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects to be included in the exhibition "Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes," 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 owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, from on or about February 25, 2018, until on or about May 13, 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: section2459@state.gov ). 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. 2017-28019 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]

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