Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art” Exhibition

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title: "Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art” Exhibition"
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#  Notice of Determinations; Additional Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition—Determinations: “Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art” Exhibition

**SUMMARY:**

On July 2, 2024, notice was published in the *Federal Register* of determinations pertaining to certain objects to be included in an exhibition entitled “We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art.” 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, now entitled “Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art,” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 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: *[email protected]* ). 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. 523 of December 22, 2021. The notice of determinations published on July 2, 2024, appears at 89 FR 54949.

Stefanie E. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.