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 ...

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.

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 ...

An academic has found engravings by William Blake from his time in the 1770s as an apprentice under James Basire.

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.

These Tiny Doodles May Be William Blake’s Earliest Engravings, Overlooked for Nearly 250 Years Using high-res scans, a researcher uncovered scribbled etchings likely made by the British poet and ...

William Blake’s Cottage Will Be Saved—and Transformed Into a New Museum The 18th-century poet wrote some of his most renowned works in the house in southern England, which has since fallen ...

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.