A visitor poses for a photo during the immersive art installation at the Digital Art Fair Xperience 2022 in Hong Kong on Oct. 22, 2022. Exhibitors showcased digital works using interactive Web 3.0 technologies including blockchain, virtual reality, metaverse and NFT. (Sebastian Ng/Getty) Societal transformations often spark controversy. In the early 1900s, a new movement in art — derisively called “cubism” for the bizarre cubes the art supposedly depicted — sparked backlash. In 1913, students of the School of the Art Institute even organized a mass protest. The students “convicted” Henri Matisse for “artistic murder” and imposed the death penalty...