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A native of Kansas City, Mo., Kyle MacMillan served as fine arts critic of the Denver Post from 2000 through 2011. He previously held a similar post with the Omaha World-Herald. Since 2012, he has freelanced in Chicago, writing regularly for the Chicago Sun-Times and serving as a corresponding critic in 2014-19 for Art in America magazine. In addition, he has contributed to
such national and international publications and websites as the Wall Street Journal, Artforum, Sculpture, Early Music America and Classical Voice of North America.

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Keith Jacobshagen, famed prairie painter, finds essential and eternal in endless Nebraska sky

by Kyle MacMillanJune 2, 2026June 17, 2026

Unlike other landscape artists who capture obvious scenic glories of crashing ocean waves or snow-crested mountains, Jacobshagen has devoted his life to depicting what much of the rest of America calls flyover country.

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