Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum” Exhibition

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9991]
Notice of Determinations
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Lines of
Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum”
Exhibition

Image from, under the title "Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum" and with caption: Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Christ Child with a Cat, about 1478–81

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 “Lines of Thought: Drawing from
Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum,” 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 owner or custodian. I also determine that
the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, from on or about May 27, 2017, until on or about September 17, 2017,
at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, from
on or about October 5, 2017, until on or about January 7, 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 05/11/2017 and
available online at https://federalregister.gov/d/2017-09549, 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. 2017-09549 Filed: 5/10/2017 8:45 am; Publication Date: 5/11/2017]