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Text Me ART

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Sometimes you just need Art in your life, on your wall, and now on your phone. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a great service for you. "The Museum has just unveiled a novel twist on the picture of the day: Smartphone users merely text “send me” plus a word or two of what they want to 572-51 and the Museum’s servers spit out a related image from the institution’s 35,000 pieces of art." - NY Daily News 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. It's not perfect, though. Sometimes you have to try different words to get something close to what you want. And there's no nudity - not that I think the gallery is prudish, I can just imagine the awkward conversations with parents of teenagers. "The nude form has been part of artistic creation since the earliest cave paintings. But people who text “send me nudes” or “send me nude w