04-24434. Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits”

SUMMARY:

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), Executive Order 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 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition “Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits” 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. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, from on or about October 15, 2004 to on or about February 14, 2005, and the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, from on or about July 23, 2005 to on or about October 2, 2005, and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about October 21, 2005 to on or about January 8, 2006, and the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, from on or about February 4, 2006 to on or about April 30, 2006, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Wolodymyr R. Sulzynsky, the Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State, (telephone: [phone]). The address is: Department of State, SA-44, and 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

Dated: October 25, 2004.

C. Miller Crouch,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.