WITNESS TO HISTORY

Madame Chiang Kai-shek was known for her shrewdness, imperious style and the power she wielded in her late husband’s Nationalist Chinese regime. She’s now 103 years old, and was, as it turns out, a pretty good painter in the traditional Chinese style. A show of 20th Century Chinese artists at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum includes a collection of her art. – San Francisco Chronicle