Canberra Museum and Gallery has reopened with three new exhibitions. The National Gallery Touring Exhibition Spowers & Syme celebrates the artistic friendship of Melbourne artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme, and presents the changing face of interwar Australia through the perspective of two pioneering women artists. Mandy Martin: From Queanbeyan to New York: 1978-1984 / Art & Life presents little-known works created when she first arrived in the Canberra region. Brenda Croft's mixed-media installation, hand/made/held/ground (2019) metaphysically maps Croft's patrilineal relationship to Country, reimagining customary objects like jimpila (spearhead) and kurrwa (stone axe) originally created on Gurindji homelands. cmag.com.au.

Two exhibitions are on at Aarwun Gallery from November 11 to December 5. Australian Pop painter Johnny Romeo returns to Canberra with his latest retrospective, Colossal Youth, curated by Aarwun Gallery and the artist, showcasing the artist's fusion of sci-fi Surrealism, Cubist abstraction and appropriations of celebrity imagery. Bernard Ollis's works in Being There are based on his travels in Australia and overseas and are observations of memorable moments and places. aarwungallery.com.

The National Portrait Gallery has reopened and the exhibition Living Memory - the National Photography Portrait Prize has been extended until January 16, 2022 to compensate for the recent COVID closures (portrait.gov.au/livingmemory). Voting for the $5000 People's Choice Award has been extended until December 5. The winner will be announced on December 14. There are also online events to explore, including virtual tours. See portrait.gov.au for more information.

Timeline by Alex Asch and Pat Hoffie, curated by David Broker, is on at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in Parkes. It reveals a timeline of passionately held views and values evident in the ways the artists interpret their present as a legacy of the past, which in turn drives the future. At Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka is Some Things I Am Sure Of, a joint exhibition by glass and print artists Rose-Mary Faulkner and Siobhan O'Connor, until November 7. ccas.com.au.

Brittany Ferns' first solo exhibition, The Space Between You and Me, is an exploration of her Uruguayan family history, with imagery related to her heritage created in dark, earthy tones. It's on at Grainger Gallery in Fyshwick until November 21. graingergallery.com.au.

The Wharf Revue: Can of Worms returns and is premiering in Canberra for the first time. This year sees the satirical revue take on COVID, Scott Morrison, Rupert Murdoch and Pauline Hanson, among many people and phenomena. It's on the Canberra Theatre from November 8 to 20. canberratheatrecentre.com.au.