Log24, Dec. 18, 2006:

“I did a column in Scientific American on minimal art,
and I reproduced one of Ed Rinehart’s [sic ] black paintings.”
— Martin Gardner,
Notices of the American Mathematical Society ,  June/July 2005

“… the entire profession has received a very public
and very bad black mark.”
— Joan S. Birman,
Notices of the American Mathematical Society ,  January 2007

Related posts— See "Bad Black Mark" in this journal.

See also two items from St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2005—

Midnight Drums for Larry  and…

IMAGE- St. Patrick's Day 2005 talk at Columbia by John D. McCarthy

IMAGE- John D. McCarthy at Birman conference, March 15-20, 2005

Click McCarthy photo for some more recent material.