Notice2025-02488

Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “The First Homosexuals” Exhibition

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February 11, 2025

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On December 23, 2024, notice was published in the Federal Register of determinations pertaining to certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled "The First Homosexuals." Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain additional object being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in the aforesaid exhibition by Alphawood Foundation, through its subsidiary Alphawood Exhibitions LLC, at the Wrightwood 659 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that its temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 9353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02488]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12651]


Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant 
Object Being Imported for Exhibition--Determinations: ``The First 
Homosexuals'' Exhibition

SUMMARY: On December 23, 2024, notice was published in the Federal 
Register of determinations pertaining to certain objects to be included 
in an exhibition entitled ``The First Homosexuals.'' Notice is hereby 
given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a 
certain additional object being imported from abroad pursuant to an 
agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in 
the aforesaid exhibition by Alphawood Foundation, through its 
subsidiary Alphawood Exhibitions LLC, at the Wrightwood 659 Gallery, 
Chicago, Illinois, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet 
to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that its 
temporary exhibition or display within the United States as 
aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public 
Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6471; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#483b2d2b3c2127267a7c7d71083b3c293c2d662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b1a7a1b6abadacf0f6f7fb82b1b6a3b6a7eca5adb4">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>). The mailing address is U.S. 
Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street NW (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), 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. 236-3 
of August 28, 2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 257-1 of December 
11, 2015. The notice of determinations published on December 23, 2024, 
appears at 89 FR 104603.

Rafik K. Mansour,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-02488 Filed 2-10-25; 8:45 am]
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