Efie Kakoulidou

Efie Kakoulidou once painted the same narrow Athens alley in dozens of light conditions, pushing her small oil tubes to exhaustion. She’d set up on a milk crate outside Café Avlis, sketching commuters and stray cats while the espresso machine hissed behind her. You’ll find Το τούνελ, her moody blue underground scene, in the corner of any Greek coffee shop wall, where it stays just unsettling enough to make your morning frappe feel like a dream. Look for it next to the sugar packets.