MIAMI ā A securityĀ sweep of the Art Miami tent briefly closed down the surrounding area Saturday morning. The culprit? A portrait of a pink-haired Hillary Clinton wearing a leather jacket.
Ken Harman, the owner of Spoke Art Gallery, said police shut down theĀ tent in Herald Square for aĀ few hours after two bomb-sniffing dogs became suspicious of a crate from his gallery.
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InsideĀ the crate, police found the Clinton portrait,Ā "Punk Hillary."Ā
Although Clinton's jacketĀ says "threat" in bold letters, police found nothing dangerous even after running it through an X-ray machineĀ and allowed Art MiamiĀ to reopen.
The shutdown happened around 8 a.m. before the fair opened and only employees were affected, Harman said. However, the Art Miami tentĀ had to open late because of the false alarm.
"Whether this was an anti-Hillary Clinton conspiracy remains to be seen," Harman, said jokingly.
"Punk Clinton" was part of a series of portraits by artist Scott ScheidlyĀ of Orlando. One of his other works "Trump Pimp" - aĀ portraitĀ of President Donald Trump in zebra print, a gold chain and a floppy hat - was also on display inside the tent.
Both paintings sold for about $4,000 eachĀ earlier this week, Harmon said.