Throughout the history of art, the theme of sexuality has been revealed in different ways. The use of erotic scenes and the naked body at first had the meaning of fertility, showing the ideals of human beauty and the study of social issues of the time.

In the twentieth century, art took on the character of a provocation, a break with the rules and taboos. Nude bodies began to be depicted as imperfect, with all the flaws. The aesthetic character has become less important. Artists in the erotic manifestation sought to express passion, sensuality, sexual freedom. At the same time, questions about the place of women in society began to gain their relevance. The transformation of traditional patriarchal ideas has also changed the usual approaches to the topic of sexuality and physicality. Thus, by the end of the twentieth century, the erotic theme in art began to turn to issues of gender discrimination, the ideas of feminism and queer theory. The artists talked about physiology, promoted the ideas of the sovereignty of the female body and sexuality.

In contemporary art, sexuality is revealed as a space for freedom, theories of violence and repression, often viewed from the perspective of feminism, queer and post-colonial theory. Artists develop new marginal approaches, explore social problems, gender inequality, criticize social ideology, power and exploitation in relationships. This means that sexuality has changed character from personal to political.

Belarusian art was strongly influenced by asexual Soviet culture. The sexual theme was suppressed. During the years of perestroika, the image of a naked woman acquired a progressive character, became a symbol of freedom, the struggle for democracy, artists used it in their public and political works and actions.

In the mid-nineties, the erotic theater "Steel Orgasm" was opened in Belarus, founded by Ales Taranovich. At first, the team was engaged in body art, but later the theater began to conduct performances.

In the 2000s, through the tightening of the political situation, the themes of gender and sexuality stop their development.

In 2014, Minsk hosted two exhibitions "XXY" and "Fireplace Out", which touched upon queerness and themes of the LGBTQ+ community. The events underlined the lack of understanding of the problem of sexuality in the Belarusian cultural and public space.

Representatives of Belarusian contemporary art, in whose practice the topic of sexuality is often touched: A.R.Ch., the group "Red Hogweed", Alexei Lunev, Angelina Mass, Vasilisa Polyanina, Olga Kirillova, Sergei Shabokhin.