--- title: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Will Text You Art description: If you're in a creative slump, then the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is here to get you back in the groove. canonical: https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-10T20:39:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:15.751Z og:title: This Number Will Text a Work of Art Based on Your Mood og:description: This is the pick-me-up you need og:url: https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5968ef6cf899fa/6988d51b86f68e812a6e5801/sfmoma.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: US-TECH-SFMOMA-ART og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Number Will Text a Work of Art Based on Your Mood twitter:description: This is the pick-me-up you need twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5968ef6cf899fa/6988d51b86f68e812a6e5801/sfmoma.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Number Will Text You a Work of Art Based on What You Want to See > Sponsored content. 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JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 10, 2017 8:39 PM UTC If you’re in a creative slump, then the [San Francisco](http://time.com/4341422/i-left-my-art-in-san-francisco/) [Museum of Modern Art](http://time.com/4547514/emojis-museum-of-modern-art/) (SFMOMA) is here to get you back in the groove. The museum recently rolled out a new feature called “Send Me” that allows anyone to text a request to see something and receive a picture of a [piece of art](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2008955,00.html) depicting that thing in return. “Text 572-51 with the words ‘send me’ followed by a keyword, a color, or even an emoji and you’ll receive a related artwork image and caption via text message,” reads the museum’s [website](https://www.sfmoma.org/read/send-me-sfmoma/). “For example ‘send me the ocean’ might get you Pirkle Jones’ _Breaking Wave, Golden Gate;_ ‘send me something blue’ could result in _Éponge (SE180)_ by Yves Klein; and ‘send me 💐’ might return Yasumasa Morimura’s _An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Collar of Thorns)._ ” The new service is an attempt by the museum to make more of the 34,678 pieces of artwork in its collection accessible to the public — rather than just the 5 percent on display in the galleries at any given time. “In a world oversaturated with information, we asked ourselves: how can we generate personal connections between a diverse cross section of people and the artworks in our collection,” wrote creative technologist Jay Mollica. “How can we provide a more comprehensive experience of our collection?” Of course, the Internet has been loving it. > [](https://twitter.com/fraylie/status/884162865137147904) > [](https://twitter.com/silviakillings/status/884218506836705280) > [](https://twitter.com/jenist/status/884217001065013248) > [](https://twitter.com/expliKateD/status/884265487739244544) > [](https://twitter.com/general%5Fmillss/status/884391825649410048) > [](https://twitter.com/NEHgov/status/884465412599148548) > [](https://twitter.com/samkimsamkim/status/884244057924538370) > [](https://twitter.com/am%5Farost/status/884129208598974464) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/"},"headline":"This Number Will Text You a Work of Art Based on What You Want to See","datePublished":"2017-07-10T20:39:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:15.751Z","description":"This is the pick-me-up you need","url":"https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Art","museums","Museum of Modern Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5968ef6cf899fa/6988d51b86f68e812a6e5801/sfmoma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5968ef6cf899fa/6988d51b86f68e812a6e5801/sfmoma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-TECH-SFMOMA-ART","caption":"A woman takes a photo inside the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in San Francisco, California on April 28, 2016.","creditText":"JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4852051/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-text-art/","name":"This Number Will Text You a Work of Art Based on What You Want to See"}}]}] ```