Secret oasis: the artist who's hidden a swimming pool in the desert

Alfredo Barsuglia has put a swimming pool deep in the Mojave desert, which you need a treasure map to find. It's a perfect parody of our world of instant gratification

Art does not always want to be seen at least, not easily. Since the 1960s, some of the most memorable works of art have been hidden in remote places, or knowable only through photographs.

The latest such elusive treasure is a swimming pool created in the Mojave desert by Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The pool is full of clean blue water, whose appeal under the fierce sun in the middle of the desert must surely be amplified hundreds of times, set in a white, modern structure with pool-cleaning equipment supplied so you can leave it as you found it. You are also asked to bring water to replenish the pool.

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