George Ortiz was recently interviewed by Emmanuelle Beart for the British television production Private View, a series on ten collectors.

Below are video clips from the feature on The George Ortiz Collection, which was broadcast in 2000.





"Does one have to be knowledgeable to appreciate a work of art?"

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"What is the duty of a collector?"

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"What is this Greek marble Statue?"

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"It's a late-15th century bronze, which is a real Renaissance bronze..."

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"So I'd like to show you the neolithic idol, which is one of the first things I acquired."

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"This is a hair ring or an earring..."

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"The Amakua... means ancestor figure... "

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"Excuse me, but what is this little thing?"

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