Protest Art Across the United States in 2025 Documented in The Guardian Gallery
The Guardian gallery documents protest art across the United States in 2025, highlighting murals, statues, and performances as focal points for collective action in multiple cities.
Notable artworks include a Trump–Epstein statue and an ice sculpture on the National Mall, alongside Banksy-style posters in Georgetown depicting a protester throwing a sandwich at Pete Hegseth, dated 23 September and 31 August respectively.
Additional pieces reference Puerto Rico’s energy crisis and the Financial Oversight and Management Board in San Juan, dated 6 August.
Memorial and human-rights themed works feature the ‘Say Their Names’ cemetery near George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on 25 May, an installation about people taken by ICE in Los Angeles on 17 July, and a human banner in Ocean Beach during No Kings protests in San Francisco on 14 June.
Documented protests include a pro-Palestinian protest in Washington DC where a demonstrator was taken into custody by Capitol police on 24 September, along with political street art in DC on 28 May 2025.
A press conference in Los Angeles followed the Supreme Court clearing the way for sweeping immigration operations on 8 September.
The Burlington, Massachusetts ICE facility is shown during the 24th Bearing Witness demonstration on 1 October.
This article is authored by Briana Ellis-Gibbs and was published on 30 December 2025.
