According to Blake himself, the only known authority, he regularly conversed with Sophocles, Aristotle, and Jesus. And then there were the angels, many of whom were also his fast friends.

A crackling collection of experimental prints by William Blake resurrects the English poet-painter in all his radical frenzy, and foretells the limits of political art.

Philip Hoare’s “William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love” has this poet, artist and mystic at its center but, as its title suggests, this is no conventional study. As in Mr. Hoare’s 2021 ...

William Blake’s Universe feels a little hugger-mugger, as if part of its job is to offer up its secrets to like-minded enthusiasts.

William Blake was an artisanal imagemaker dubbed a 'lunatic' during Britain's Industrial Revolution. The Getty Museum has other ideas in its new exhibition.

Was William Blake, long regarded as one of the greatest English artists and poets, actually Irish? The idea may come as a shock to those who sing Blake’s words to what has become England’s ...

At a time in our nation’s history when families and communities are unraveling over political divisions, Matthew 9:35-10:23, assigned gospel lesson in the Revised Common Lectionary for June 18, may ...

You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. But did you know that Blake was also an artist and print maker who made illuminated (f… ...

But it seems that even William Blake was prone to doodling as a child. Scientists have discovered a series of boyhood doodles engraved on copperplates by Blake around 250 years ago.

The stirring 'Jerusalem' hymn with words by poet William Blake is the unofficial second national anthem of Great Britain.

The visionary creations of the English poet and painter William Blake inspired later writers such as Walt Whitman and James Joyce.