Monday, May 15, 2017

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs” Exhibition


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9993]

Notice of Determinations

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:
“Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs” 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 “Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir
Singh Photographs,” 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, from
on or about October 10, 2017, until on or about January 2, 2018, at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas, from on or about March 4, 2018, until on or about
June 3, 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.

This document is scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register on 05/16/2017 and available online at
https://federalregister.gov/d/2017-09834, and on FDsys.gov

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; e-mail: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address
is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, SA-5, Suite 5H03, Washington, D.C. 20522-0505.

Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-09834 Filed: 5/15/2017 8:45 am; Publication Date: 5/16/2017]

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