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THE JOURNAL
This journal brings together the writings and ongoing work of Eduardo Montes-Bradley, whose practice explores the intersection of art, identity, and cultural memory. Through film and text, these reflections examine how nations imagine themselves through music, painting, and lived experience.
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Understanding Cuba’s History Through Its Stained Glass
The global success of Buena Vista Social Club revealed the extraordinary power of Cuban music to captivate audiences around the world. Yet Cuba's cultural identity extends far beyond its musical traditions. CUBA: Through the Looking Glass seeks to expand that conversation by exploring the island's contributions to the visual and decorative arts, where architecture, craftsmanship, and color play an equally compelling role.
Mar 155 min read


From New York to Havana: Tiffany Studios and the Presidential Palace
An exploratory research project in Cuba focused on identifying and analyzing stained-glass works connected to Tiffany Studios and artists associated with Louis Comfort Tiffany, in collaboration with conservator Mirell Vázquez Montero.
Dec 31, 20252 min read


Ismael Viñas and the Quest for an Argentine National Project
Two decades have passed since the premiere of Testigo del Siglo at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival, where the memoirs of Ismael Viñas—a man who shaped Argentina’s intellectual and political landscape—first flickered on screen. Viñas, the founder of Contorno magazine, a collaborator of Arturo Frondizi, and the creator of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN), left Argentina in 1976, never to return.
Sep 19, 20255 min read


Tiffany in the Wild: La Habana
Tiffany in the Wild: La Habana is both a search and a testament. A search for what remains, and a testament to what endures despite the passage of time and the weight of history. My hope is to share these rare survivals before they vanish from the living world, to let audiences see and hear Tiffany as I first did — in the wild.
Sep 8, 20253 min read


Reconstructing Havana
In 2009, I created a film about Cuban-American painter Humberto Calzada. What emerged was more than a biographical portrait—it became a meditation on exile, memory, and the quiet power of art to reclaim what was lost.
Jul 3, 20252 min read
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