William Blake: Paradise Lost

At The Morgan Library & Museum, *William Blake: Paradise Lost* considers how an English artist re-read John Milton’s epic of temptation, disobedience, and exile from Eden through image as well as text. The exhibition places Blake’s prints and drawings alongside Milton’s narrative, tracking how Satan, Adam, and Eve become instruments for Blake’s private mythology and moral argument. In New York, it joins a long tradition of showing British visionary art in museum settings that favor books, paper, and draftsmanship. One clear takeaway is how Blake turns illustration into interpretation rather than decoration.