Your perfect weekend

Sunday, Nov 29

Six artists have used the MetroTech Center park as inspiration for the outdoor sculptures in the Public Art Fund’s “Double Take” exhibit (Flatbush Ave at Myrtle Ave, Downtown Brooklyn; 212-980-4575; through Sept 10, free), and most of them decided to play with fantasy. Check out Johannes VanDerBeek’s Pilgrim Ghost, a man draped in an aluminium sheet who appears to be see-through but is actually a trompe l’oeil trick.

If you tire of staring at Internet cat pictures today, applaud highbrow cuteness at the “New Bears” exhibit (ClampArt, 521–531 W 25th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves; 646-230-0020; through Dec 19, free). Jill Greenberg, who shot the much-critiqued images of a malevolent-looking John McCain leftover from an Atlantic magazine shoot, also has a vested interest in grizzlies from Canada: She photographed a series of portraits saturated with whimsical ursine personality. They’ll glare and attempt to seduce you from the walls where they’re hung. And you’ll like it. OMG! I can has teddy pix?!?—Sharon Steel