Artist Projects 'TRUMP OUT' onto Las Vegas Hotel
French artist Joanie Lemercier projected the message onto the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on the day of the 2026 US midterm elections.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Fine Art
French visual artist Joanie Lemercier projected the words 'TRUMP OUT' onto the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on November 3, 2026, the day of the US midterm elections. He released photographs and footage of the projection on social media.
Why it matters
The projection placed a political message directly onto a building bearing the president's name in Las Vegas, drawing attention to the midterm elections. Lemercier said the 2026 midterms will have a deep and broad impact on international politics.
The projection was staged from a laser projector about 200 metres away, from a room rented opposite the building a few weeks earlier. The extraction does not report any response from the hotel or local authorities.
The players
Joanie Lemercier
A French visual artist born in 1982 who co-founded the visual label AntiVJ in 2006 and whose light-based works have been shown at Art Basel and Fundación Telefónica in Madrid.
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
A hotel in Las Vegas bearing the Trump name, which served as the building onto which the projection was cast.
The details
Lemercier and his team rented a room opposite the building a few weeks before the projection and used a bright laser projector to display 'OUT' alongside the building's existing 'TRUMP' signage. Lemercier is a French visual artist born in 1982 who co-founded the visual label AntiVJ in 2006, and his work has been exhibited at Art Basel and Fundación Telefónica in Madrid.
Timeline
November 3, 2026: Projection displayed and images released on US midterm election day.
A few weeks before November 3, 2026: Team rented the room opposite the building.
October 2019: Projections supported Extinction Rebellion on Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament.
November 2019: Lemercier published the 'Projection Rebellion' project.
Legacy Work
The Las Vegas projection extends the projection-based activism Lemercier previously used in London, where his 2019 work supported Extinction Rebellion on Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament. It applies that same medium to a politically charged U.S. building during a midterm election.
Readers interested in Lemercier's work can see it exhibited at venues such as Art Basel and Fundación Telefónica in Madrid. The extraction does not indicate any scheduled public viewing of the Las Vegas projection.
The takeaway
Public art projections can place political messages on buildings without requiring permission from the owners, and this one turned a hotel bearing a politician's name into a midterm-day statement. Readers can follow the medium's use in political activism by comparing it with earlier campaigns.
Further reading
For more on projection-based public art, browse Fine Art coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by International Business Times UK.
