Restaurante Pujol, Mexico City, is crafting the flavours of Mexican gastronomy in a groundbreaking way. Having been awarded a place in San Pellegrino’s top 50 restaurants three years running, it has put Mexico at the center of modern cooking.

Edward James, the extravert and poet first moved to Xilitla, Mexico in the early 1950s and ended up transforming a declined coffee plantation into one of the largest and least known artistic monuments of the 20th century.

Today, young art dealers are opening galleries at a rapid pace and the city holds a unique mix of traditional and new practicing artists. We take a look at ten art galleries that best represent the Mexican art scene.

Promoting themselves to the global stage, Mexico’s designers are coming up with some new and exciting ways to combat sustainable design in both private and public spaces.

Αriel Guzik’s latest invention, Cordiox, is Mexico’s centrepiece at the 2013 Venice Biennale, one that brilliantly utilises the country’s National Pavilion at the former Church of San Lorenzo to create a singular sound space.

The visual vocabulary of Mexican artist Carlos Amorales works to instill unease, while questioning our collective understanding of horrific imagery. Federico Rosa explores the duality of this artist’s work, at once menacing and self- reflective.

Mexico City is one of the most important international centers in the world, boasting celebrated museums, extensive entertainment venues and one of the more globally popular cuisines.

A leading figure of the Latin American Boom, the writer and essayist Carlos Fuentes was part of a flourishing continental literary movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s.

Chavela Vargas, who died on the 5th of August 2012, epitomized the ranchera genre in Mexico and brought the distinctive folk music to the world.

The Mexican poet, writer and essayist Octavio Paz is remembered for his concern for politics, anthropology and Mexican society, and is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century.

Initially established to bring greater international recognition to Cuban artists, this gallery has grown in its role since its founding in 1990. It now represents some of the most significant voices of contemporary Latin American art.

In close vicinity to Mexico City’s central park, Bosque de Chapultepec, Kurimanzutto operates in an open space which flows freely, from outside to in. Since opening its doors in 2008, the gallery has established itself as a key figure on the regional and international art scene.

Located in the vibrant Roma district of Mexico City, the gallery has represented Mexico’s new and established artists since 1983. A regular participant in Art Basel, Brussels and Zona MACO, OMR recently opened up el52, a new space for a younger demographic.

Based in Ecatepec, the foundation has become one of the most important contemporary collections in Latin America, augmented by an extensive library dedicated to contemporary art. A new multidisciplinary space designed by David Chipperfield is set to open in 2013.