A funky portrait of Hillary Clinton set off security dogs at a Miami art fair Saturday.
Two bomb-sniffing dogs reacted to a crate containing an unconventional portrait of a rebel Clinton sporting pink hair and a leopard print leather jacket, signaling a possible threat, the Miami Herald reported.
The portrait, by artist Scott Scheidly, was part of an exhibit at Art Miami.
Fair director Nick Korniloff told the Herald that the scare happened during a pre-show check around 8 a.m.
Organizers cleared the site, closing off both the Art Miami and a nearby tent.
Authorities searched the package, but found no threat inside.
Ironically, in the portrait, Clinton is shown wearing a studded jacket with a patch saying “threat.”
Police officers ran the painting, measuring 16 by 20 inches, through an X-ray machine and didn’t detect anything dangerous, the Herald reported.
“We had to err on the side of caution,” Korniloff said.
The tents reopened around 10 a.m., according to the report.
Scheidly’s painting, “Punk Hillary,” had been shipped with a portrait of President Trump entitled “Trump Pimp.” However, that one had been removed from the crate before the dogs reacted to it.
Trump is depicted in the portrait wearing a zebra-printed hat, blazer and a gold dollar-sign chain around his neck.
Both paintings reportedly sold to the same collector for $4,000 each.
They hung side by side in a booth for a gallery called Spoke Art.
Gallery owner Ken Hashimoto said police weren’t sure what had caused the dogs to react, the Herald noted.
“They have no idea,” he said. “My thought is a Republican bomb dog.”
