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# A Chance Meeting in Tel Aviv
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/a-chance-meeting-in-tel-aviv-dov-talpaz/
- Published: 2018-01-27T16:00:14.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:11:04.000Z
- Description: Rembrandt and Spinoza walk into a bar.
- Author: Dov Talpaz
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/01/rs-opt-2.jpg)

Dov Talpaz, “Brothers in Spirit” (2018), ink on paper, 8 x 5.5 inches (courtesy of the artist)

Rembrandt and Spinoza met at a Tel Aviv bar. Brothers in spirit. One who painted the heart, the other who opposed religion. Both believing God is our inner light. Not more.