Edit DeAk

DeAk was born Edit Deák in Budapest, Hungary, to Elvira (née Csutkai) and Béla Deák. In 1968, DeAk escaped Communist Hungary in the trunk of a car into Yugoslavia. She and her husband, Péter Grósz, eventually came to New York City via Italy. In 1972, DeAk received a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University. == Career ==

After taking an art criticism class taught by Brian O'Doherty, DeAk, and two fellow Columbia students – Walter Robinson and Joshua Cohn – were invited to write for the publication Art in America, where O'Doherty was an editor. DeAk was initially puzzled that an established publication wanted to recruit "baby blood," though she, Robinson, and Cohn still wrote for Art in America. However, DeAk and her cohorts eventually dreamed of starting their own magazine, and proposed ideas of printing a newspaper insert in Art in America. DeAk, Robinson, and Cohn later enrolled in the Whitney Independent Study Program, where the idea to publish a magazine resurfaced. Thus, the art magazine Art-Rite was founded in 1973. In its conception, DeAk aimed for Art-Rite to have "a whole new tone and attitude," by addressing issues with humor and promoting unconventional forms of art, such as street art and performance art. Furthermore, DeAk and her colleagues created a very symbiotic relationship between Art-Rite and the artistic community, as the magazines were freely given away, "in recognition of the community which nurtures it.” == Personal life ==

At the age of 18, DeAk married an artist named Péter Grósz (born in 1947 in Hungary), who later was known as Peter Grass. They eventually divorced. == Works and publications ==

• – Art Random, no. 15 • • • – Exhibition from February 28, 1984 to April 1, 1984 • == See also ==