In 2012, the world was supposed to come to an end. Prayers were chanted, articles were printed in the papers, movies were made and suddenly, it was 2019. It may not feel like the end of the world yet, but along the way, out of all the species that have ever existed on planet Earth, over 99 per cent are now extinct. The picture is grim and now, there’s an exhibition in the city for those who still fail to understand the need of conservation.

Priyanka D'souza's (Detail) How to Unromanticise the Anthropocene - 1 uses gouache with polythene and copperleaf on paper