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.