NERO is an international publishing house devoted to art, criticism and contemporary culture. Founded in Rome in 2004, it publishes artists’ books, catalogs, editions and essays.

NERO explores present and future imaginaries beyond any field of specialization, format or code – as visual arts, music, philosophy, politics, aesthetics or fictional narrations – extensively investigating unconventional perspectives and provocative outlooks to decipher the essence of this ever changing reality.

NERO
Lungotevere degli Artigiani 8/b
00153 Rome
Italy
+390697271252
[email protected]

Distribution
ITALY – A.L.I. Agenzia Libraria International 
BELGIUM, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, SWITZERLAND, CANADA – Les presses du réel
UNITED KINGDOM – Art Data
USA – Idea Books and Printed Matter
NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND ALL OTHER COUNTRIES – Idea Books

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Heads of Content:
Valerio Mannucci, Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti

Creative Director:
Francesco de Figueiredo

Editor at large:
Luca Lo Pinto

Editors:
Michele Angiletta, Alessandra Castellazzi, Carlotta Colarieti, Clara Ciccioni, Carolina Feliziani, Tijana Mamula, Valerio Mattioli, Laura Tripaldi

News Editor:
Giulia Crispiani

Designers:
Elisa Chieruzzi, Lorenzo Curatola, Lola Giffard-Bouvier

Administration and Production:
Linda Lazzaro

Distribution:
Davide Francalanci

Leonardo Mastromauro

holds a PhD in Aesthetics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and is visiting professor at the Basque Country University. He has directed the Global Center for Advanced Studies LA and has been a professor at UNAB University. He has collaborated with various institutions in Italy and abroad, including Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, VIAFARINI, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Fondazione Pistoletto-UNIDEE. He is a member of the editorial collection Archeologia del presente and contributes to the journal FataMorgana. He focuses on biopolitics, political ecology, epistemologies of the South and indigenism. His monographs include: Verginità. Saggio sulla vita che resta (2025), Che cos’è il Sud? Saggio sulla terra inappropriabile (2024), Il nome. Per un’archeologia dell’origine (2023), Felicidad e inapropiabilidad (2020).

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