One of the most influential of American photographers of the 20th Century, Friedlander's lens has chronicled American life for the past 50 years.

Marks owns a trio of spaces in Chelsea, where he represents a slew of contemporary artists like Jasper Johns, Brice Marden, Robert Gober, and Nan Goldin. He's also one of the founders of the Armory Show.

Kelley Walker

Best known for championing painter John Currin, Rosen oversees two galleries of contemporary art in Chelsea.

Mathew Cerletty

Minter is best known for her hyper-realistic paintings of women's body parts bound up in jewels and layered in makeup.

Paul Chan

Jackson is a trendy young sculptor who satirizes Americana.

Working well into her nineties, Bourgeois kept churning out the sculptures that made her one of the most famous American artists of the past 30 years. She passed away in 2010.

Westreich is one of the city's elite art advisors. Her SoHo-based company, Art Advisory Services, Inc., helps shape the tastes of America's wealthiest art collectors.

An unabashed elitist and staunch traditionalist, de Montebello has served as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1978. He plans to retire at the end of 2008.

Dubbed the "queen of the art world" in the 1980s, Boone is generally credited with—or blamed for—the commercialization of art.

Tobias Meyer

Gavin Brown

A respected contemporary dealer known for her discerning eye, Goodman represents (mostly) established artists at her uptown gallery.

Brett Gorvy

Matthew Ritchie

William Wegman loves his Weimaraners, as you probably know if you've ever seen any of his photos, paintings, and films. A Wegman retrospective, "William Wegman: Funney/Strange," stopped at the Brooklyn Museum in 2006.

Dana Schutz

Kim Heirston is a contemporary art advisor who helps the very wealthy spend their hard-earned (or not-so-hard-earned) money on very expensive artwork. She's also a fixture at fashionable art events around town.